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  • 2019
  • TV-14
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2019
  • TV-14
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary Paris, 1930. The infamous surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel is left penniless after the scandalous release of L'Age d'Or leads to a falling out with collaborator Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film. Incredibly, Ramón wins ...

Directed By: Salvador Simó

Written By: Eligio R. Montero, Fermín Solís, Salvador Simó

  • 2019
  • TV-14
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2019
  • TV-14
  • GKIDS
  • 1 h 20 m

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Paris, 1930. The infamous surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel is left penniless after the scandalous release of L'Age d'Or leads to a falling out with collaborator Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film. Incredibly, Ramón wins ...

Directed By: Salvador Simó

Written By: Eligio R. Montero, Fermín Solís, Salvador Simó

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Aug 16, 2019
In animation, Simó finds the ideal canvas, one that allows him to recount the most gruesome instances of strenuous filmmaking in more palatable form while also ingeniously enlivening the surreal sequences with glorious hand-drawn work.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 4, 2019
Simó “gets” Buñuel’s drives, and his animation lends the story a layer of romanticism while emphasizing that talent isn’t a hall pass. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles treats genius as a knottier idea. Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan is a masterpiece, sure, but “masterpiece” takes on layers of new meaning once we see how the sausage is made.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 15, 2019
Bunuel is above all a good story elegantly told.
By Jonathan Holland FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 13, 2019
For all of its heady ideas, some of which it explores to greater effect than others, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is most striking for how it illustrates that animation isn’t a mere subcategory of cinema. That movies have always been a unique medium for how they see reality and unreality as two overlapping roads towards the same truth.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 15, 2019
At its most absorbing, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles makes it clear there are no easy answers, perhaps especially when the art itself isn’t easy.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 12, 2019
It’s an interesting glimpse at his process with Buñuel doing despicable things alongside beautiful ones.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 4, 2020
Labyrinth of the Turtles is a charming and occasionally moving love letter to the legendary Spanish-Mexican surrealist, and at a spry 80 minutes, doesn’t outstay its welcome.
By Christopher Machell FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Sygnatia, Glow, Submarine, Hampa Studio, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), Movistar+, TeleMadrid, Canal Extremadura TV, Aragon TV, ZDF/Arte, Gobierno de España, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Junta de Extremadura, Generalitat Valenciana, Institut Valencià de Cultura (IVC), Gobierno de Aragón, Nederlands Filmfonds, Eurimages, Crea SGR, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Espacio Global de Emprendimiento Almendralejo, Diputación Provincial de Badajoz, Luis Buñuel Film Institute, Glow Animation
Release Date Aug 16, 2019
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating TV-14
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Website https://hampastudio.com/en/portfolio/bunuel-en-el-laberinto-de-las-tortugas-us/
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Awards

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Málaga Spanish Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Goya Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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