El ángel exterminador (1962)

A young brown bear in a luxuriously furnished room. DP: Gabriel Figueroa.

El ángel exterminador (1962)

June 3: a bear for #NationalBlackBearDay

El ángel exterminador [The Exterminating Angel] (Luis Buñuel, 1962)

Everything was perfect, Lucía, despite – at this hour even lipstick begins to fade.

As part of a witty surprise, Lucía Nóbile (Lucy Gallardo) arranged a #bear and three #sheep for the lavish dinner party she's thrown for her fellow #opera-loving guests. However, the joke is not appreciated and in the cause of the evening – and a ruined dinner when the staff decides to go even before serving any of the #food – the company find that they cannot leave the salon. While the #animals roam the house, the elite are faced with hunger, primal urges, and no motivation to leave.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #LuisBuñuel #LuisAlcoriza #SilviaPinal #LucyGallardo #GabrielFigueroa #Mexico #surrealism #outbreak #Ballardian #1960s ★★★★★