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Bunuel and King Solomon's Table
“Bunuel, Lorca and Dalí: three geniuses in an adventure with no return”
5.4 / 10• 2001• 1h 40m•NR• Spanish
DramaAdventureFantasy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
El Gran Wyoming
Old Buñuel
Lead
Pere Arquillué
Young Buñuel
Ernesto Alterio
Dalí
Adrià Collado
Lorca
Valeria Marini
Ana María de Zayas
Amira Casar
Fátima
Jean-Claude Carrière
David Goldman
Juan Luis Galiardo
Film Critic
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Carlos Saura's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bunuel and King Solomon's Table is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
