“Is Father Nazario an impractical fool trying to live by unrealistic ideals, or is he a modern-day Christ, sentenced by a soulless world to endure a similar fate? Bunuel sends us mixed messages.” IMDb Nazarin (1959) - IMDb
Reviewers often debate whether the film is a sincere look at faith or a scathing critique of religious institutions. Nazarin.1958.mp4
Set in turn-of-the-century Mexico, the film follows , a humble priest who lives among the poor. After he shelters a prostitute involved in a murder, he is disavowed by the church and forced to wander the countryside as a beggar. Accompanied by two women who view him as a saint, his pilgrimage becomes a surreal and often grim "cross-examination of faith" that questions whether religious idealism can truly survive in a corrupt world. Community Perspectives “Is Father Nazario an impractical fool trying to
"Regarded as one of Luis Buñuel’s greatest works from his Mexican period, Nazarín is a blisteringly ironic and hauntingly beautiful parable about faith and human nature". After he shelters a prostitute involved in a
“The most breathtaking cinematic cross-examination of faith I have ever seen… not content to ignore religion as a non-issue, or to take cheap shots at its practitioners.” Rotten Tomatoes
"An ironic criticism of the hypocrisy of church and society, starring Francisco Rabal as the priest whose goodness is his own undoing". Detailed Summary