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Bookmark this pageTo an Unknown God (1977)
Director: Jaime Chavarri
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From Time Out Film Guide
A loose chain of affectionate encounters between a gay magician and his family, acquaintances, and lover, held together by the magnetic central presence of Alterio. Praised for its 'political' treatment and theme, it's actually less a crusading attack on sexual repression than an oblique meditation, inlaid with Lorca's lyrical if equally enigmatic verse, on (homo)eroticism, growing old, 'trying not to be afraid', relinquishing lost illusions and childhood dreams; and a muted but sympathetic portrait of the ageing prestidigitator, as gently elegiac as his own final words: 'Sleep well, for nothing abides'.Author: SJo
Cast & crew
Director: Jaime Chavarri
Cast: Héctor Alterio, Angela Molina, María Rosa Salgado full cast
Duration: 100 mins
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