Death in the Garden
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| La mort en ce jardin Death in the Garden | |
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 La mort en ce jardin Spanish poster | |
| Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
| Written by | Luis Alcoriza Luis Buñuel Gabriel Arout |
| Produced by | Óscar Dancigers David Mage |
| Starring | Simone Signoret Charles Vanel Georges Marchal Michel Piccoli Michèle Girardon |
| Music by | Paul Misraki |
Production companies | Producciones Tepeyac Films Dismage |
| Distributed by | Cinédis (France) Películas Nacionales (Mexico) |
Release dates | 21 September 1956 (France) 9 June 1960 (Mexico) |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | France, Mexico |
| Languages | French Spanish |
| Budget | $600,000[1] |
La mort en ce jardin ("Death in the Garden") a.k.a. Diamond Hunters is a 1956 adventure film by director Luis Buñuel, based on a novel by José-André Lacour, that stars Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel and Michel Piccoli, with additional dialogue by Raymond Queneau. Set in an unidentified South American country, it recounts the bloody suppression by the corrupt governing regime of an insurrection by illegal diamond miners, after which five disparate fugitives take to the jungle in search of safety.
Plot[edit]
When a settlement of illegal diamond miners is broken up by soldiers, in revenge they attack and burn down the army headquarters in the nearest town. Next day, when reinforcements arrive, most of the surviving miners are rounded up to be shot. On a river boat, five people escape the carnage: a pacifist miner, his deaf-mute daughter, the local madame he wants to marry, a Catholic priest, and a wanted adventurer. When pursued by the army, they take to the jungle. There, the struggle for survival starts eroding their identities and in most cases their will to live. The adventurer becomes the resourceful leader, while the miner goes out of his mind and kills both the madame and the priest. After killing the miner, only the adventurer and the girl are left to find freedom together.
Cast[edit]
- Simone Signoret - Djin, the madame
- Charles Vanel - Castin, the miner
- Georges Marchal - Shark, the adventurer
- Michel Piccoli - Father Lizardi, the priest
- Michèle Girardon - María Castin, the deaf-mute
- Tito Junco - Chenko
- Raúl Ramírez - Álvaro (as Raul Ramirez)
- Luis Aceves Castañeda - Alberto (as Luis-Aceves Castañeda)
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos - Captain Ferrero (as Jorge Martinez de Hoyos)
- Alberto Pedret - Second Lieutenant Jiménez
- Marc Lambert - Miner
- Stefani - Miner
Analysis[edit]
Death in the Garden proposes a sort of psychological mirror-image of Franco's Spain from which Buñuel exiled himself, with rebellions and oppressors galore.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mage Estimates Dubbing Costs". Variety. 25 April 1956. p. 20.
- ^ Eurochannel. "Death in the Garden - Luis Buñuel - France - Eurochannel". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
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