Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Carlos Saura

Writers:

Carlos Saura (screenplay) &
Agustín Sánchez Vidal (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 November 2001 (Spain)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

Toledo in the 30s: The godfather of cinematic surrealism, Luis Buñuel, the poet Federico Garcia Loca...

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Female Nudity | Surrealist | Dream Like | King Solomon

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

El Gran Wyoming	...	Luis Buñuel mayor (as Gran Wyoming)
Pere Arquillué	...	Luis Buñuel
Ernesto Alterio	...	Salvador Dalí
Adrià Collado	...	Federico García Lorca
Valeria Marini	...	Ana María de Zayas
Amira Casar	...	Fátima
Jean-Claude Carrière	...	David Goldman
Juan Luis Galiardo	...	Crítico de Cine
Armando De Razza	...	Obispo Abilio Avendaño
Eusebio Lázaro	...	El Judio Errante
Jorge Cañibano	...	Pacheco
Pablo Rivero	...	Espía
Fernando Chinarro	...	Jacinto Baños
Farid Fatmi	...	Moro
Martín Mujica	...	Eremita

Also Known As:

Bunuel and King Solomon's Table (International: English title)

Runtime:

Spain:105 min

Country:

Spain | Mexico | Germany

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Spain:13 | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Company:

Rioja Films Producciones Cinematográficas S.L.

Movie Connections:

References Viridiana (1961)

An astonishing and surreal journey

Carlos Saura directing and ode to Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali and Federico Garcia Lorca in the shape of a surreal, mysterious but delightful journey. What else do you need? As Dali said somewhere in the movie "I've just had a mental excitation" with this movie. Imagine a threesome of excentric artist following clues in the search of a mythological piece known as the "table of king Solomon" and experiencing surreal visions throughout the story such as a kid lifting the sea as if it was a mattress in the floor to look what's beneath.

The music, the dialogues, the environment, and the colors of the film, take you to a place that might look like familiar places, only in other dimension where strange things are normal for the people. A place where your mind can really grow on to the exterior.

I've seen many bad reviews for this film, I even read one that said "this is a film only for Saura or Bunuel's fans", but I'm not sure about that. I am a fan of both but more than that I'm a fan of films, of the art of motion picture and every single variation it might have, and I tell you movies like this one once again remind me what it is that I love about films so much...the ability to get away and live experiences I would never do in the real world.