Review of Nazarín (1959) by Constantin R — 23 Apr 2008

This is my favorite Bunuel film. Is perfect from the story to the photography. The panoramic shots have father Nazario like a perception of their moves, even if he isn't the panoramic character. The allegory of Jesus is made from a modern western way of thinking.

In the nihilistic side is like El, when the humans fight with their ambitions, not for them. Good ideas from European philosophy are portrayed by Bunuel. Nietzsce said that there was only one treu Christian, and he died on the cross.

This idea is followed and become a leitmotif. In the last scene of the movie an old woman by the road gives him a pineapple as charity. The pineapple is a sexual symbol and the fact that Nazario accept it the proof that he doesn't care anymore about his soul and going to heaven.

There is no good or evil. There is just a circle and the absurd give you everything, but in the final you see that your solitude is everything and you don't have nothing, not even yourself. On the intellectual side the movie is more or less disturbing, but is definitely a masterpiece!