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Bunuel and King Solomon's Table

Bunuel and King Solomon's Table

Bunuel, Lorca and Dalí: three geniuses in an adventure with no return

20015.11h 40m

Overview

The old Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900-83) imagines a movie plot, set in Toledo in the future 2002, about the fantastic adventure of three actors, who play him and his friends, the painter Salvador Dalí (1904-89) and the poet Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), and their search for King Solomon's table, a mythical artifact capable of revealing the past, present and future.

Directed by Carlos Saura
Written by Jaume Rami, Carlos Saura, Agustín Sánchez Vidal
Produced by Carlos Fernández, Federico González Compeán, Julio Fernández
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Top Cast

El Gran Wyoming

El Gran Wyoming

Old Buñuel

Pere Arquillué

Pere Arquillué

Young Buñuel

Ernesto Alterio

Ernesto Alterio

Dalí

Adrià Collado

Adrià Collado

Lorca

Valeria Marini

Valeria Marini

Ana María de Zayas

Amira Casar

Amira Casar

Fátima

Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Claude Carrière

David Goldman

Juan Luis Galiardo

Juan Luis Galiardo

Film Critic

Armando De Razza

Armando De Razza

Abilio Avendaño

Eusebio Lázaro

Eusebio Lázaro

Rabbi

Themes & Keywords

surrealismtoledo, spainluis buñuelmythical artifactspanish folklorefederico garcia lorca

About Bunuel and King Solomon's Table

Bunuel and King Solomon's Table is a drama, adventure, fantasy film released in 2001 exploring themes of surrealism, toledo, spain, luis buñuel, mythical artifact, spanish folklore, federico garcia lorca. Directed by Carlos Saura, it stars El Gran Wyoming, Pere Arquillué, Ernesto Alterio. The old Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900-83) imagines a movie plot, set in Toledo in the future 2002, about the fantastic adventure of three actors, who play him and his friends, the painter Salvador Dalí (1904-89) and the poet Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), and their search for King Solomon's table, a mythical artifact capable of revealing the past, present and future.

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