This 1930 surrealist picture was written by Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel; however, the former had a falling out with Bunuel and had nothing to do with the actual production.
The film is a scathing comment on the Catholic church's ideas on sex and the bourgeois society, as only Bunuel can do.
An interesting note: the film was financed by a member of that bourgeois society, Vicomte Charles de Noailles. He was actually a bisexual man that had little care or worry for sexual norms as he was married but often had homosexual affairs right in front of his wife.
He was also a patron of the arts and he would finance a different film for his wife's birthday. Another film included one by noted photographer Man Ray.
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