Tristana

1970 [SPANISH]

Action / Drama

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 97% · 33 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 13939 13.9K

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Plot summary

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horacio is doomed.

Director

Luis Buñuel Photo
Luis Buñuel

Top cast

Franco Nero Photo
Franco Nero as Horacio
Catherine Deneuve Photo
Catherine Deneuve as Tristana
Vicente Soler Photo
Vicente Soler as Don Ambrosio
José María Caffarel Photo
José María Caffarel as Don Zenón
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910.49 MB
1204*720
Spanish 2.0
PG
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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1.83 GB
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Spanish 5.1
PG
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 5 / 10

As with all Bunuel's movies I cannot in

As with all Bunuel's movies I cannot in good conscience rate his work above average. On one hand this particular story "Tristana "Is filmed in a beautiful Vintage time period .Its authentic Victorian homestead ,costumes,and 1920's era setting is depicted extremely well. However the downside to all of Bunuel's work is his nauseating elements of perversion personified in the elderly males role. Here we have a man who puts on a facade as a father figure to an orphaned young woman only to take advantage of her by forcing himself on her as a means for control. As time passes resentment and bitterness simmer to a boiling point beneath the surface .Tristanas lack of freedom to choose her own path gets derailed continuously by the selfish motives of Don Lupe. Naturally his motives become well known throughout town which in turn leaves little room for dignity to be restored to his Ward. Despite her attempts to escape his malevolent clutches , unfortunate circumstances trap her into an unloving marriage. Anger and bitterness are suppressed to the point that a second viewing might be required in order to fully understand the feelings between the characters. In the end we are still left with a lackluster climax that quite frankly never delivers a worthwhile message. It may pass the time to sit through but its still a major disappointment to watch.
Reviewed by William L 7 / 10

Like most of Buñuel's output, Tristana carries a

Like most of Buñuel's output, Tristana carries a loathing for the trappings of social convention, particularly the stuffy conservatism that had long been intertwined in the culture of his native Spain. Rey's Don Lope feigns superiority, swooning in his own gentility and supposed love of the downtrodden while selling his possessions to ensure that he doesn't have to actually work. Into his arms falls Deneuve's Tristana, an innocent girl who seeks simple happiness but is gradually turned to bitterness by Lope's own perverse machinations in their strange adopted daughter/wife dynamic. It's bleak and anti-establishment, but it's also patently melodramatic for much of its runtime, feeling less profound than it does as if it is simply going through the paces (at least until Deneuve's return as a resentful opportunist plotting revenge using Lope's honor and age against him, where the audience is called to measure past misconduct against present retribution; that's some powerful stuff). It's full of careful detail and carries the hallmarks of its acclaimed director's style, but just feels more reserved than you might expect a Buñuel film to be; whether that is the result of the director maturing into more subtle storytelling or losing power is up to you. (3.5/5)
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

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