Simeón ("del desierto") y el vino triste hecho carne alegre...

Abstract

This article analyzes in detail Luis Buñuel’s film Simón del desierto, according to sources related to Egyptian monasticism and taking into account some literary works known by the Spanish director. Therefore, it focuses on the pictorial, historical and literary intertextuality of the film, emphasizing also the scenes in which the cinematographic technique reveals contents. The director’s ideology, that can be traced back from his “autobiography”, Mon dernier soupir, is also considered, as well as its reflection in the film. Finally, the paper addresses Buñuel’s connection with the surrealist movement and how all these circumstances affect to his interpretation, his parody of the History of Christianity, and also his conception of Christian religion.