Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Spanish — subtitles on.
The story
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
- faith
- nightclub
- miracle
- goat
- prophet
- devil
- rock band
- desert
- religious fundamentalism
- saint
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Claudio Brook
Simón
Silvia Pinal
The Devil
Hortensia Santoveña
The Mother
Enrique Álvarez Félix
Brother Matías
- Francisco Reiguera — The Devil as an Old Witch
- Luis Aceves Castañeda — Priest
- Antonio Bravo — Priest
- Enrique del Castillo — The Mutilated One
- Enrique García Álvarez — Hermano Zenón/Old monk
- Eduardo MacGregor — Hermano Daniel/Monk
- Glauber Rocha — Man in nightclub (uncredited)
- Ricardo Adalid — Monk (uncredited)
- Victorio Blanco — Monje viejo/Old monk (uncredited)
- Jesús Fernández — Dwarf Goatherd (uncredited)
- Nathanael León — Monk (uncredited)
- Directed
- Luis Buñuel
- Written
- Julio Alejandro, Luis Buñuel
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 240 ratings
- Studio
- Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
