Los Olvidados (BFI Film Classics)
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Los Olvidados (BFI Modern Classics / BFI Film Classics)

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Los Olvidados (1950) established Luis Bunuel's reputation as a world-class director. Set in the slums of Mexico City, it follows the crime-filled and violent lives of group of juvenile delinquents. The film exhibits some of Bunuel's recognisable themes of love's yearnings, social injustice, and surrealism, but with a layer of compassion that sets it apart from many of...more
Paperback, 88 pages
Published April 1st 2006 by British Film Institute
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Mike
Oct 03, 2008
Mike rated it 4 of 5 stars
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I'd be seriously shocked if there was a better study of Los Olvidados than this efficient, unfailingly useful gem. Polizzoti should be applauded for his research and the depth of his insight.
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