Tristana [videorecording (DVD)] / Cohen Film Collection ; written by Luis Buñuel with the collaboration of Julio Alejandro ; produced and directed by Luis Buñuel.
Title from web and container. Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero. Based on the novel by Benito Pérez Galdós. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. DVD features: audio commentaries with Catherine Deneuve and critic Kent Jones (2012); alternate ending; visual essay featurette with Peter William Evans; 2012 restoration trailer; original French theatrical trailer; plus a booklet with a new essay by critic and Cineaste magazine editor Richard Porton, excerpts from Catherine Deneuve's diary written during production, and an excerpt from author Raymond Durgnat's book Luis Buñuel (1977).
Summary:
After the death of her mother, young Tristana goes to live with her guardian, Don Lope, an older man who eventually breaks through his facade of respectability and seduces her. She repays him a hundred fold, preying on his jealousy and taunting him with perverse whimsies.
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