FRI JAN 17, 2025 7:30 PM "Simon of the Desert" / VIRIDIANA $12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Aero Theatre | 60th Anniversary of “Simon of the Desert” ‘Silvia Pinal Remembered’ Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: “Simon of the Desert,” 1965, Dir. Luis Buñuel, 45 Mins, Janus Films, Mexico In Spanish and Latin with English subtitles. SIMON OF THE DESERT is Luis Buñuel’s wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. A skeptic’s vision of human conviction, Buñuel’s short and sweet satire is one of the master filmmaker’s most renowned works of surrealism. FORMAT: DCP VIRIDIANA, 1961, Dir. Luis Buñuel, 90 Mins, Janus Films, Spain/Mexico In Spanish with English subtitles. One of director Luis Buñuel’s most brilliant, scandalous films was banned in his homeland of Spain and almost got him arrested in Milan. A novice nun (Silvia Pinal) finds herself corrupted by her spectacularly nefarious uncle, Fernando Rey—until she turns the tables on him by installing a group of beggars and lepers in his rural mansion. Buñuel gradually, mischievously weaves a web of contradictory impulses: Faith, charity and selflessness become inextricably bound up with lust, hypocrisy and greed in the schizophrenic universe of Old World Catholicism. With longtime Buñuel collaborators Francisco Rabal and Silvia Pinal. FORMAT: 35mm