Él — Mexico/1953 — directed by Luis Buñuel | 93 min. DIA

Meet at 1:30 so we can chat and have a light snack before the 2:00 film. If we are unable to connect, be sure to leave a comment so I know you attended.

https://dia.org/events/el

Among the most unsettling films of his often-overlooked Mexican period, Él is Luis Buñuel’s incisive portrait of paranoia, jealousy, and sexual obsession — a nightmarish tale of love gone wrong that prefigures the themes of his later classics Viridiana and The Exterminating Angel.
Incorporating his personal demons into this adaptation of Mercedes Pinto’s autobiographical novel, Buñuel tells the story of Francisco, a devout middle-aged bachelor who falls into an all-consuming love with young socialite Gloria. After breaking off her engagement with another man, Gloria begins to realize something is “off” about Francisco, whose deep, repressed insecurities soon take their toll.
One of Buñuel’s rawest indictments of social hypocrisy, Él stands as the surrealist master’s great excursion into dark melodrama, where civilization can find no answer to the irrational urges of the id.
Presented in a new 4K restoration. In Spanish with English subtitles.

> “Released at the height of his prolific Mexican period, Él is relevant and incendiary, and remains one of Buñuel’s crowning achievements.” — Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“An exquisite and elegant reckoning of cinema’s power to haunt and enchant." –Leigh Singer, Sight & Sound

| General admission | $11.50 |
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| Seniors, Students, and DIA Members | $9.50 |

+$1.50 online convenience fee

DFT patrons are encouraged to use the John R Street parking lot, directly across from the DFT theater entrance ($7). With every DFT ticket purchase, patrons will receive vouchers for free parking on their next visit. Ticket orders of up to four tickets will receive one voucher. Patrons purchasing a Discount Pass Card will receive 5 vouchers.

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