Buñuel Y Los Sueños del Deseo / Buñuel and the Dreams of Desire

Un acercamiento in dito e ntimo a la etapa de madurez de Luis Bu uel:
la escritura y creaci n de Belle de jour y su resurrecci n como cineasta.

«La pel cula er tica m s conocida de la poca moderna, quiz s la mejor .
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Ferm n Sol s revisita el icono universal de la mano del Luis Bu uel Film Institute.

Un acercamiento ins lito a la etapa de madurez de Luis Bu uel y a su resurrecci n como cineasta.

Esto ocurre a tres bandas entre Madrid, Par s y M xico, durante cinco semanas, a mediados de los a os sesenta. Si miramos un poco m s de cerca, vamos a asistir a la segunda colaboraci n entre Luis Bu uel y Jean-Claude Carri re, en un momento en el que la mitad del mundo del cine daba por acabado al genio aragon s y la otra mitad lo daba por muerto.

Ambos est n enfrascados en la escritura del guion de Belle de jour, intentan adaptar la novela hom nima del escritor de entreguerras Joseph Kessel, un proyecto maldito que ya ha pasado por las manos de varios directores, guionistas y productores. Bu uel sufre una profunda crisis creativa y vital, y Carri re ve como peligra su incipiente carrera cinematogr fica a la vez que su matrimonio se desmorona.

A veces, para salir de un embrollo, hay que asociarse con los personajes m s inesperados.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

An unprecedented and intimate look at the artistic maturity of Luis Bu uel: The process of creating Belle de jour and his rebirth as a filmmaker.

"The best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best."
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Ferm n Sol s revisits the international icon in this collaboration with the Luis Bu uel Film Institute.

A unique approach to the artistic maturity of Luis Bu uel and his rebirth as a filmmaker.

It was a creative process that crisscrossed between Madrid, Paris and Mexico City over five weeks in the mid 1960s. The result marked the second collaboration between Luis Bu uel and Jean-Claude Carri re, at a time when half the film world dismissed the surrealist genius as washed up and the other half thought he was dead.

The pair immersed themselves in the script for Belle de jour, struggling to adapt the novel by the interwar novelist Joseph Kessel. The project seemed cursed, having defeated the efforts of successive directors, scriptwriters and producers. Bu uel suffered a profound creative and existential crisis, while Carri re risked his incipient film career and watched his marriage unravel.

Sometimes, the only way out of an impossible situation to team up with the unlikeliest of partners.