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Susana: The Devil & the Flesh

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An immoral beauty (Fernando Soler) disrupts the plantation of the family that has saved her.

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Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 05/10/2002
3/4
While the melodrama is certainly potent, Susana lacks considerable bite. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/27/2011
B-
A Buñuel rehearsal for more mature sex and power games in his future pics, like in ''Tristana'' (1970). Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 04/02/2010
God works in mysterious ways in Luis Buuel's rousing hacienda operetta Go to Full Review
John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews 02/24/2008
B-
doesn't rank with Buuel's best work, but students will find enough of his satirical material to wink at Go to Full Review
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08/19/2017 7.4 [Luis Buñuel] [Mx] See more 04/04/2016 6.9/10, my review: http://wp.me/p1eXom-2kZ See more 09/11/2015 The Fragility of an Apparently Well Established Order--Satan walks among us...for a night, anyway!! See more walter m @Harlequin68 09/11/2015 [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] See more 09/11/2015 An impressive early investigation of the later Bunuel themes power, sex and religion. See more 09/11/2015 devil with a blue dress or, a cutting expose of upper-class 'virtue' See more 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
Production Co
Internacional Cinematográfica, Claro Video
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 27m