Review of Nazarín (1959) by Victor L — 27 Nov 2009

Nazarin is trully amazing, imaginative and inspiring. Luis Buñuel was a master of surrealism applied in pictures. Nazarin has a solid and terrific cast: Francisco Rabal is great as Father Nazario, a highly misunderstood saint whose charity and acts are confused with heressy and rebelliousness.

Marga Lopez was beautiful and a fantastic actress, she was really convincing as Beatriz, a sentimentally wounded and depressed woman who finds a sense to her life following the father. Pina Pellicer made a terrific performance as the regenerate prostitute accussed of killing a co-worker and burning the miserable flat where Father Nazario lived.

Ignacio Lopez Tarso perfectly played the role of a tough criminal who shows he's not that bad in the deep and that he can also be compassionate with the defenseless victims. It has automatically become one of my favorite films ever.