Calanda (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Calanda |
| Original title | Calanda |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 20 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Juan Luis Buñuel |
| script | Juan Luis Buñuel |
| production | Cité Films |
| camera | Jacques Renoir |
Calanda is a 20-minute French documentary film in black and white from the year 1967 by Juan Luis Buñuel , who also wrote the screenplay. The film was first shown in cinemas in June 1967 at the Kraków Film Festival in Poland.
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The film depicts a peculiar custom, a mixture of belief in miracles, centuries-old tradition and folk festival in the Spanish town of Calanda in the province of Teruel : The legend reports that during the crucifixion of Christ, thunder and lightning shook the earth for a day and a night. In memory of this event, the residents of Calanda beat the drums continuously from Good Friday noon until the following noon as they pass through the place in seemingly endless processions. The rhythmic beat, the dull roar fills the whole place. Men, women and adolescents drum until they are completely exhausted and their knuckles bleed.
Reviews
The Protestant film observer is full of praise: “Aside from its documentary value, the film is gaining importance above all with regard to the religious atmosphere and the milieu from which Bunuel comes. Both of these shaped him in his youth and ultimately also determined the specific attitude that Bunuel takes towards the Catholic Church in all of his films. 'Calanda' does not explain the complexity of Bunuel's oeuvre, but it can give the connoisseur important information for understanding and the layman a vivid view of the preservation of traditions, the religious value of which, however, must be contested. "
Web links
- Calanda in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband Munich, Review No. 217/1967, pp. 293–294.