As a young woman, Tristana (Catherine Deneuve) is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope (Fernando Rey), a respected member of the community. However, Don Lope has a weakness for women and takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio (Franco Nero), she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horatio is doomed.
A newly restored and rediscovered classic from master of cinema Luis Buñuel. Tristana has been called the director’s most Spanish film and was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar® in 1970.
Luis Buñuel’s “Tristana” is a haunting study of a human relationship in which the power changes hands. – Roger Ebert
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Starring Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Catherine Deneuve, Lola Gaos, Antonio Casas, Jesús Fernández, Vicente Soler, José Calvo, Fernando Cebrián, Antonio Ferrandis, José María Caffarel, Cándida Losada, Joaquín Pamplona, Mary Paz Pondal, Juanjo Menéndez, José Blanch, Alfredo Santacruz, Sergio Mendizábal, Luis Aller, Luis Rico.
Note: Despite the adult themes, they are handled in a way that isn’t explicit and this film is rated PG-13. Based on a novel by Galdo, which originally set the story in the 1890s. Buñuel changes the time period to 1929 – 1935.