The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 466 1960s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way, they meet a vast assortment of characters—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
192 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Claude CarrièreWriter
- Luis BuñuelDirector
- Luis BuñuelWriter
- Luis BuñuelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul FrankeurPierre
- Laurent TerzieffJean
- Alain CunyMan with cape
- Édith ScobVirgin Mary
- Bernard VerleyJesus
- François MaistreFrench Priest
- Claude CervalBrigadier
- MuniMother Superior
- Julien BertheauRichard
- Ellen BahlMadame Garnier
- Michel PiccoliMarquis de Sade
- Agnès CapriDirector of Lamartine Institution
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Themes
spainnuninquisitioncrucifixionbiblesurrealismreligioncatholicismcamino de santiago
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