Wall

amazingly grotesque, full of sexual references, full of influence and really influencial to other directors (brutti sporchi i cattivi is the best example) this man was a genius. The only reason i don't rate 5/5 it's maybe because of the ending, i was hopefull that Pedro wouldn't die, it really shocked me, although .. a masterpiece.

Justin Senkbile

3Sep12

At LEAST as "surreal" as his work w/Dali or in France. Interesting: Bunuel here tosses his hopeless kid in a garbage heap. A few years earlier, Rossellini let his similarly desperate protagonist jump off a building. I'm not sure which was more painful.

Classroom Battles

6May12

Decadent society, raped childhood. Brilliant film, but really hard, emotionally.

lauli

9Jan12

This has definitely become my favourite film by Buñuel. it's odd how much it resembles Italian neorealist films (Buñuel being famous for his surrealism) but it's definitely one of the harshest comments in the decade about poverty, marginality and their consequences. It's also interesting to see a film that reflects the Latin American situation at the time.

Knut Morte

3Dec11

There is no justice! Does this have to do with decades of imperialism and rape in Mexico? Everything in this film is dead end, there is no yellow brick road to be seen!

blackzenit

1Feb12

What?

Doctor Sodoma

10Oct11

Una de las mayores joyas de Buñuel. El México desgarrado y subterráneo que nadie quería ver.

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All Is Grace

29Jun11

This is one of the most pessimistic and bitter films I've ever seen... Reminded me of Germany Year Zero.

snappingtree

27Jun11

Emma Sordo's class at Florida International University is showing this fillm. Does anyone know where I can find this film online?

Hani

24Oct11

go to www.filesstube.com you can download any film from there.

Staralfur

31May11

Surrealist neorrealism? Possibly quite in the border of such. Too bad Buñuel hadn't the required spirit to make such social-compromised films, even if this is a great movie.

Shelley

8Apr11

saw this a few years ago but its hard to find. would love to find it again and re-experience the beauty of it

Joshuah

4Apr11

it's taken me quite some time to find this film, not easy to locate. all i have to say: Italy has its Bicycle Thieves, France has its 400 Blows... and Mexico has Los Olvidados.

Smooth_J

12Jan11

So beautiful...

Alexander Robino

11Jan11

Give this film a bluray, Criterion!

AntioneOscar69

27Dec10

Bunuel's masterpiece is possibly the best urban crime film ever, a devastating and graphic depiction of poverty and juvenile delinquency in Mexico City. Peppered with the director's signature dream sequences, this is one of the most unforgettable, influential, and under-seen films of all time.

ramosbarajas

24Oct10

Heartbreaking.

Silenzio

24May10

I almost did not recognise this under its translated title, it is almost universally known as Los Olvidados! I had the pleasure of seeing a screening of this in Bristol several years ago and it is surely one of the most powerful films I have ever seen. I have never seen a better film dealing with the same subject