Following Nazarin
(Tras Nazarín)
Javier Espada | Documentary
2015 | 75 minutes | Spain
A journey through memory accompanied by Buñuel’s photographs taken during the scouting of locations for “Nazarín."
Synopsis
Following Nazarín re-discovers the poetic, vivid, and inspiring force of Buñuel’s cinematography. The documentary is a journey through memory accompanied by Luis Buñuel’s photographs taken during the scouting of locations for his iconic film “Nazarín” (1959), as well as the ones made by Manuel Álvarez Bravo during the shooting of the film.
The documentary exposes director Javier Espada’s profound knowledge of the film and of Luis Buñuel himself. Along with the testimonies and reflections of artists, filmmakers, and intellectuals like Luis Eduardo Aute, Jean Claude Carrière, Carlos Reygadas, Silvia Pinal, Arturo Ripsetein, and Carlos Saura, among many others, Following Nazarín offers film students important information about the way of working of one of the best filmmakers of all time, references to the Mexican film industry of the period, as well as other elements linked to the process of artistic creation.
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Main credits
Espada, Javier (screenwriter)
Espada, Javier (film director)
Andrés Lacasta, José Alberto (screenwriter)
Fiesco, Roberto (film producer)
Espinosa, Hugo (film producer)
González Carducci, Sergio (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Rodrigo Morales, Mario Guerrero, Jorge Fuembuena; editing, Edson Ramírez; music, Sergio González Carducci.
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Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Cinema Studies
Classic Films
Geography
Iberian Studies
Latin American Studies
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
Guadalajara International Film Festival; San Giò Verona Video Festival - Abbas Kirostami Award; It's All True; Rome Film Festival; Morelia International Film Festival; La Habana International Film Festival; San Diego Latino Film Festival; Singapore International Film Festival; SEMINCI Valladolid International Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Javier Espada
NATIONALITY: Spain
YEAR: 2015
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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