Buñuel's slum kids still haunt Mexico City — this doc reveals why we can't forget them.
Javier Espada's documentary about the making of Bunuel's masterpiece "Los Olvidados".
Direction
Espada treats documentary like detective noir.
Production
Uncanny access to Buñuel's original locations.
Writing
Ripstein's narration hits like broken poetry.
Director
Javier Espada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Los Olvidados won Cannes then was buried by Mexican critics who called it 'anti-Mexican' — this doc excavates that national shame.
Iñárritu appears because Amores Perros directly quotes Buñuel's slum aesthetic — he basically admits to stealing.
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