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“Come down off that column. Taste earthly pleasures till you've had your fill. Till the very word pleasure fills you with nausea.”
Simón del desierto [San Simeón del desierto / Simon of the Desert] (Luis Buñuel, 1965)
May
4
National Day Of Prayer
A young, bearded person in toga and a lamb pass Simón (Claudio Brook), praying on top of his pillar. DP: Gabriel Figueroa.
Simón is a stylite in the Syrian #desert on top of a pillar, close to God, #praying. People gather and pray to him, Simón. Simón prays for the people, the animals, himself.
– The Devil
As with anyone who believes in the concept of #sin, or desires to be free of sin, sin comes to Simón.