Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

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Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

Released Aug 16, 2019

1h 20m

Drama

Animation

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In Paris in 1930, Luis Buñuel is left penniless after a film leads to a falling out with Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film.

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Critics Consensus

Thrillingly imaginative and appropriately surreal, Buñuel and the Labyrinth of the Turtles open an alluringly dreamlike window into the life of a brilliant artist.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

With its dust and sherry-toned colour palette and starkly angular character design, it will intrigue animation fans.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 19, 2020

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

As a"making of" movie, however, it's instantly gratifying and easily comparable with Les Blank's Fitzcarraldo film Burden of Dreams.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 18, 2020

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

An engaging if somewhat demure animation, bordering occasionally on a kind of gentle sentimentality that is inimical to the subject...

Rated: 3/5

Jul 16, 2020

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

A much more particular film that we could imagine. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 26, 2023

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Fernanda Solórzano

Letras Libres

The medium of animation lends itself well to weaving these dream-like visions because Land Without Bread was not in the strictest sense a documentary. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 25, 2021

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Ram Venkat Srikar

Film Inquiry

Devoid of the obscurity, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is a stark contrast to the film it is woven around. It is coherent, perceptible, and unusually entertaining in a largely mainstream way.

Dec 3, 2020

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Okrutne znęcanie się nad zwierzętami. Ładnie narysowany, ale mało płynne animacje. Brak szacunku do czyjejś własności jest brakiem szacunku do tego kogoś

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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raphael g

It romanticizes things in a very Hollywoodian way, and tries to make the viewer admire a man who in the end could've done much more during the making of the documentary. The animation was good, but the movie failed to contextualize the political aspects of the story - it just seemed poorly written and cliché. I dont get how people call this surrealistic - I felt betrayed by it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The animation style is quite "retro" but maybe it fits the kind of story that is told here.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

This is an animated film in French and Spanish with some live-action footage. It's perfect for sadists, as it contains several instances of animal cruelty and death, merely for the sake of filming it. There's also a girl who dies because she doesn't have access to doctors or medicine. They could have driven her to a doctor, but it would have interfered with filming.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Synopsis

In Paris in 1930, Luis Buñuel is left penniless after a film leads to a falling out with Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film.

Director: Salvador Simó
Producer: Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix, Jose Maria Fernandez De Vega
Screenwriter: Salvador Simó, Eligio R. Montero
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Submarine
Genre: Drama, Animation
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.8K
Runtime: 1h 20m

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