THE MILKY WAY (CRITERION COLLECTION) (BILINGUAL) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1969
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: The first of what Luis Buñuel later proclaimed a trilogy (along with The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Phantom of Liberty) about “the search for truth,” The Milky Way (La voie lactee) daringly deconstructs contemporary and traditional views on Catholicism with ribald, rambunctious surreality. Two French beggars, present-day pilgrims en route to Spain’s holy city of Santiago de Compostela, serve as Buñuel’s narrators for an anticlerical history of heresy, told with absurdity and filled with images that rank among Buñuel’s most memorable (stigmatic children, crucified nuns) and hilarious (Jesus considering a good shave). A diabolically entertaining look at the mysteries of fanaticism, The Milky Way remains a hotly debated work from cinema’s greatest skeptic.
• Cast: Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny, Edith Scob, Bernard Verley, François Maistre, Claude Cerval, Muni, Julien Bertheau, Ellen Bahl, Michel Piccoli, Agnès Capri, Michel Etcheverry, Pierre Clémenti, Georges Marchal, Jean Piat, Denis Manuel, Daniel Pilon, Claudio Brook, Julien Guiomar, Marcel Pérès, Delphine Seyrig, Claudine Berg, Jose Berzosa, Jean-Claude Carrière, Auguste Carrière, Jean Clarieux, Béatrice Costantini, Michel Creton, Georges Douking, Jean-Daniel Ehrmann, Gabriel Gobin, Claude Jetter, Marius Laurey, Pierre Maguelon, Rita Maiden, Bernard Musson, Jacqueline Rouillard, Christine Simon, Luis Buñuel, Michel Dacquin, Pierre Lary, Christian Van Cau
• Director: Luis Buñuel
• Runtime: 1:42
• Company: Greenwich Film Production, Fraia Film
• Media Format: Movie