in the early 19305, luis bunuel who courted praise and outrage alike with large door directed one ofcumentaries ever filmed— los hurdes — or land without bread — a brutal portrait of life in one of the poorest regions of spain. now with bunuel in the labyrinth of the turtles, available on bf iplayer, salvador has made an equally strange animated feature about the creation of las hurdes — which similarly defies categorisation. adapted from a graphic novel by furmen sarris, the film centres on the friendship between the artist and friend who agreed to finance the movie if he won the lottery, which he promptly did. unable to control bunuel‘s increasingly outrageous creative urges, he finds himself questioning the entire nature of the project — in which he has invested time, money and most importantly, trust. manuel galiana — who served as animation director on the brilliant chico and rita once again works simple wonders with the visuals, which are starkly intercut with live—action footage from this film. be warned, orchestrated animal suffering and death is a recurrent feature of las hu

in the early 19305, luis bunuel who garnered praise and outrage alike with large door directed one ofest regions of spain. now with bunuel in the labyrinth of the turtles, available on bf iplayer, salvador has made an equally strange animated feature about the creation of las hurdes — which similarly defies categorisation. adapted from a graphic novel by furmen sarris, the film centres on the friendship between the artist and friend who agreed to finance the movie if he won the lottery, which he promptly did. unable to control bunuel‘s increasingly outrageous creative urges, he finds himself questioning the entire nature of the project — in which he has invested time, money and most importantly, trust. manuel galiana — who served as animation director on the brilliant chico and rita once again works simple wonders with the visuals, which are starkly intercut with live—action footage from this film. be warned, orchestrated animal suffering and death is a recurrent feature of las hurdes, and he does not shy away from this unpalatable truth. act really cool, just act cool. i've got two..