If you loved The Exterminating Angel, try Simon of the Desert
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Simon of the Desert has roughly 3.1× fewer votes than The Exterminating Angel — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Luis Buñuel, and they both carry the cerebral, foreign gem, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Exterminating Angel, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Simon of the Desert is
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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