Nazarin (1959)
- sombre
- measured
- bleak
- signature
Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.
Our read · Nazarin (1959) (1959) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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The shape of Nazarin
What watching it is actually like.
“You want Buñuel's ironic tale of a priest whose goodness is tested by the world.”
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The reading.
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