Spain, 1932. Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel travels to the region of Las Hurdes, in Extremadura, where he shoots his third film, a very critical and later controversial documentary about the living conditions of the poor peasants, abandoned and forgotten by the national authorities.
Ramón Acín (voice)
Eli Lotar (voice)
Pierre Unik (voice)
Virgin / Turtle (voice)
Hurdes Peasant (voice)
Hotel Bellboy / Hurdes Boy (voice)
Spain, 1932. Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel travels to the region of Las Hurdes, in Extremadura, where he shoots his third film, a very critical and later controversial documentary about the living conditions of the poor peasants, abandoned and forgotten by the national authorities.
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