Land Without Bread
1933 · 29 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 6,450 VOTES · DIR. Luis Buñuel
Overview
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)
Dialogue Timeline — 282 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 LAND WITHOUT BREAD
00:01:33 Many homes have a religious text over the door:
00:02:34 ...the grooms offer everyone wine.
00:04:10 They preached Christianity in the villages of Las Hurdes.
00:05:24 Inside...
00:06:31 In summer, water in scarce.
00:07:52 Clothing is brought back by Hurdanos who leave...
00:08:55 .. until the not-so-distant day when the practice is outlawed.
00:10:07 Entering the village, we are greeted by a chorus of coughing.
00:11:09 ...to find out what's wrong with her throat.
00:11:49 But only the wealthier families have a pig.
00:12:53 The owners of the hives are from La Alberca.
00:13:37 ...but more hives had fallen.
00:14:32 They have neither money nor bread and they are going on foot to find work.
00:15:44 One the wall is up, they have to look for...
00:16:53 With no money or domestic animals...
00:17:57 But, by trying to cure themselves, the Hurdanos sometimes die.
00:19:29 In summer the water courses run almost dry.
00:20:24 We encounter many sick people in the streets.
00:21:13 ...is nothing to reality itself.
00:22:47 It's hard to transport a corpse.
00:23:50 ... as anywhere else in the world.
00:24:58 Everyone lives in a single room.
00:26:12 Elsewhere in Spain, hill people, peasants and workers have achieved better conditions through mutual self-help.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed282
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line00:26:12
Production Record
DirectorLuis Buñuel
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes6,450