The Exterminating Angel (film)

The Exterminating Angel Spanish El ngel exterminador , is a macabre comedy, written and directed by Luis Buuel, starring Silvia Pinal, and produced by her thenhusband Gustavo Alatriste. It contains a view of human nature suggesting mankind harbors savage instincts and unspeakable secrets.

In 1960, General Francisco Franco had invited Luis Buuel back to Spain after his long exile in Mexico since the Spanish Civil War 193639. Franco asked him to direct a movie of his choice. Buuel wrote and directed Viridiana, the first film he made in his native country, which starred Silvia Pinal and was produced by her then husband, Gustavo Alatriste. Released in 1961, the film sparked controversy both in Spain and the Vatican, and as a result all existing negatives were ordered to be destroyed. The film, won the Palme dOr at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, and copies of the film that had been shipped to Paris survived and were subsequently distributed. Viridiana would be rereleased in Spainyears later, in 1977.citation needed Following the Viridiana scandal, Buuel returned to Mexico. He kept his production team and decided to make another movie starring Pinal. The film, originally called The Outcasts of Providence Street, was renamed The Exterminating Angel after Buuel picked it from an unfinished play his friend Jos Bergamn was writing at the time. The film was released in Mexico in 1962, and was just as controversial as its predecessor had been.citation needed ........

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