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Susana: The Devil & the Flesh

1951 1h 27m Drama List
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
An immoral beauty (Fernando Soler) disrupts the plantation of the family that has saved her.

Critics Reviews

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Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine While the melodrama is certainly potent, Susana lacks considerable bite. Rated: 3/4 May 10, 2002 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A Buñuel rehearsal for more mature sex and power games in his future pics, like in ''Tristana'' (1970). Rated: B- Feb 27, 2011 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion God works in mysterious ways in Luis Buuel's rousing hacienda operetta Apr 2, 2010 Full Review John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews doesn't rank with Buuel's best work, but students will find enough of his satirical material to wink at Rated: B- Feb 24, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This early Buñuel is indeed compelling, but if he intended it as a satire, it simply doesn't translate (the ending is embarrassing), being instead a misogynistic melodrama in which every male is tempted into becoming obsessive lunatics by a seductive, conniving vixen. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member 7.4 [Luis Buñuel] [Mx] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member 6.9/10, my review: http://wp.me/p1eXom-2kZ Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member The Fragility of an Apparently Well Established Order--Satan walks among us...for a night, anyway!! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review walter m [font=Century Gothic]Written and directed by Luis Bunuel, "Susana" is a perversely[/font] [font=Century Gothic]satisfying movie that starts with beautiful Susana(Rosita Quintana) praying for a miracle to get her out of her cell, and is possibly granted one when the exterior bars fall out. Considering she is the last person who should be granted a miracle, it is ironic that she ends up at a ranch populated by superstitious and sanctimonious people where a mare has just given birth to a stillborn colt. In short order, she drives Don Guadalupe(Fernando Soler), his son Alberto(Luis Lopez Somoza) and the foreman Jesus(Victor Manuel Mendoza) to distraction with her open sexuality. All of whom act like they have never seen a beautiful woman before(at least Alberto might have an excuse since he studies so much) and have little idea how to control themselves. The only thing spoiling the fun is an ending that definitely feels tacked on.[/font] Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member An impressive early investigation of the later Bunuel themes power, sex and religion. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An immoral beauty (Fernando Soler) disrupts the plantation of the family that has saved her.
Director
Luis Buñuel
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 27m