Simon of the Desert

A desert ascetic’s spiritual Zoom call with the heavens is interrupted by the devil’s Slack messages. Forty feet up a pillar in 5th-century Syria, Simon waits for a sign neither God nor the tempter seems eager to send. Six takes later, the reels run out.

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Luis Buñuel directed Simon of the Desert in 1965. See Luis Buñuel's full filmography, where to start with Luis Buñuel, or where to go after you've seen everything by Luis Buñuel.

Simon of the Desert was released in 1965 (ES original-language production), with a runtime of 45 minutes.