TRISTANA: Luis Buñuel’s Controversial 1970 Masterpiece opens 2/22 @ Nuart Theatre February 22, 2013

Luis Buñuel’s TRISTANA stars Catherine Deneuve as an orphaned young woman who becomes the ward of a nobleman (Fernando Rey) who seduces her. She then leaves him for an artist (Franco Nero) but returns to her aging benefactor and calculatingly hastens his demise. Filmed in Toledo, Spain, it was released in 1970 after protracted skirmishes with censors in Generalissimo Franco’s government. TRISTANA was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1971 Academy Awards. The film is now restored by Cohen Film Collection in conjunction with Filmoteca Española, Madrid to its original glory not seen since its original release in 1970.

Considered a Luis Buñuel late-period masterpiece, TRISTANA received its American premiere at the New York Film Festival, and was widely acclaimed. Vincent Canby, in his review for The New York Times, called it “nothing less than the quintessential Buñuel film of all time.” Of Catherine Deneuve in her role as the naïve waif turned hardened cynic, he said: “…never before has her beauty seemed more precise and enigmatic.”

TRISTANA is distributed by Cohen Media Group, a leading distributor of foreign-language and independent English-language films in the U.S. It is Cohen’s second restored feature film to be re-released, following the restoration of The Thief of Bagdad, the classic silent Hollywood romantic adventure starring Douglas Fairbanks.
http://cohenmedia.net/tristana/synopsis/
trailer for the new restoration:
The film’s running time is 98 minutes; rating is PG. In Spanish; fully subtitled in English.

In his review, Mr. Canby noted the film’s “uncommonly handsome” color photography by José Aguayo. However, the remaining known negative of TRISTANA had experienced staining and color shifting over the years, giving the film a pinkish cast – “a not uncommon problem with film stock used in the 1960s and ‘70s,” according to Timothy Lanza, archivist for the Cohen Film Collection. The original production integrity of TRISTANA has been restored by combining the negative with segments from a quality positive in a high-res digital format, with the aid of DeLuxe Laboratories in New York and Filmoteca Española in Madrid.

Luis Buñuel Portolés, born in Spain in 1900, became a leader of the surrealist film movement starting with Un Chien Andalou in the silent film era. In his six-decade career, he worked in Mexico, Hollywood, France and Spain during various periods, making films known especially for their criticism of bourgeois morals and what he regarded as the hypocrisy of religion. With the release of his most widely acclaimed film, Viridiana, in 1961, he became a dominant international figure in the movie industry. Among Buñuel films best known in the U.S. are Belle de Jour, which also starred Catherine Deneuve, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and his last movie, That Obscure Object of Desire. The director died in 1983.

One of France's most renowned actresses, Catherine Deneuve has appeared in over 100 films, including iconic early performances in Repulsion and Belle de jour. Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that film and The Last Metro. She has appeared in seven English-language films, most notably the 1983 cult classic The Hunger. Spanish actor Fernando Rey appeared in more than 150 films over half a century, including the prominent Buñuel films Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and That Obscure Object of Desire. He is known widely to American audiences for his role as a drug lord in The French Connection. Italian heartthrob Franco Nero’s breakthrough lead role was in the 1966 spaghetti western Django; he also appears in the new Quentin Tarantino homage Django Unchained, and is known for roles in Camelot, Force 10 from Navarone, Enter the Ninja, and Die Hard 2.

Landmark's Nuart Theatre 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles (310) 281-8223
Show times (valid: 2/22-2/28) Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00 7:30 9:50; Mon-Thu at 5:00 7:30 9:50.
Tickets are $10.50 for general admission and $8.50 for seniors, students, and children.

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