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Tristana

Title: Tristana / directed by Luis Buñuel ; screenplay by Luis Buñuel with the collaboration of Julio Alejandro, inspired by the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós.
Publication: [Chicago] : Public Media Home Vision, [between 1990 and 1999]

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Description

1 videocassette (98 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

Set in 1920's Spain, this film is a scathing examination of moral decay. Tristana, a victim of her own captivating beauty, is desired by two men. One is her lecherous guardian whose physical advances repulse her and cause her to have nightmares of his death by decapitation, and the other is a young artist who wants to marry her, but lacks the courage.

Uniform Title

Tristana (Motion picture)

Alternative Title

Luis Bunuel's Tristana

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Originally produced as motion picture in 1970.
Based on the novel by Benito Perez Galdos.

System Details (note)

VHS format.

Language (note)

In Spanish with English subtitles.

ISBN

0780018451

OCLC

83207306
ocm83207306

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries