COUNTRY
Spain, Mexico, USA
PRODUCTION
Tolocha producciones, IZ Films, Filoteca de la UNAM, Luis Buñuel Film Institute
YEAR2025
DURATION102 min
WRITING Javier Espada
CINEMATOGRAPHY Javier Espada, Benito Sierra, Carlos Ballonga, Roberto Flores, Eduardo Flores, Frank Cortés, José Castañón
MUSIC
Carlo Ayhllón
EDITION Pablo Jofré, Javier Espada
CAST JL Alcaine, I Ávila, R Aviña, L Barrera, V Camporesi, A Casas, V Cobo, M Franco, G Ferrer, G Figueroa, F Gaytán, González Iñarritu, D Kehr, León, O Medina, F Méndez-Leite, H Orozco, E Poniatowska, A Sánchez, C Tesson, I Trujillo, E Vázquez, E Vega, H Villa, J Villoro, Fray Ituarte, Fray Torres
DISTRIBUTION IZ Films
INTERNATIONAL SALES IZ Films
CONTACT correo@tolocha.com
SYNOPSIS Buñuel filmed a movie between reality and fiction, in which his concern for poor children, for the disinherited of Las Hurdes, for the young people of Mexico condemned to poverty and violence with whom he himself, as an exile, felt solidarity. Los Olvidados goes far beyond Italian neorealism to give voice to the disinherited, Buñuel more than telling a story denounces the injustice in which they live. Arturo Ripstein gives his voice in this documentary that recovers the Memory of the Forgotten.
Javier Espada
Internationally recognized specialist in the work of Luis Buñuel, both in documentary films and in the temporary exhibitions he has made or in which he has participated. His films have been screened at multiple film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice and San Sebastian; internationally in universities, museums and cultural centers.
FILMOGRAPHY
Buñuel, un cineasta surrealista (documentary, 2021),
Generación: Buñuel, Lorca, Dalí (documentary, 2018),
Tras Nazarín (documentary, 2015),
Una mujer sin sombra (documentary, 2013),
Buñuel y la linterna mágica (animation, 2011),
Residencia “El Milagro” (short film, 2010),
El último guion (documentary, 2008)