Realism and Surrealism in the Cinema of Luis Buñuel

Surrealism, realism, dark comedy, film genres transformed by Spanish director, Luis Buñuel in Spain, France and Mexico during the second half of the XX century. An examination of Buñuel's work from his Surrealist beginnings (L´Age d´Or, Un Chien Andalou), subsequent realistic films in Mexico (Los Olvidados, Nazarin), and a mixture of Surrealism and Realism (Viridiana, Exterminating Angel, Simon del Desierto), as well his work with dark comedy (Archibaldo de la Cruz, Belle de Jour, Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie). In Spanish.