Léonor
| Léonor | |
|---|---|
 Original French release poster | |
| Directed by | Juan Luis Buñuel |
| Written by | Juan Luis Buñuel Bernardino Zapponi Roberto Bodegas Jean-Claude Carrière Pierre-Jean Maintigneux Michel Nuridzani Clement Biddle Wood |
| Based on | "Wake Not the Dead" by Ernst Raupach |
| Starring | Michel Piccoli Liv Ullmann Ornella Muti |
| Cinematography | Luciano Tovoli |
| Edited by | Pablo G. del Amo |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | Arcadie Productions Films 66 Goya Producciones Cinematográficas S.A. Serafín Ignacio García Trueba Transeuropa Film Uranus Productions France |
| Distributed by | Manuel Salvador |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Countries | Spain France Italy |
| Language | French |
Léonor (also known as Mistress of the Devil) is a 1975 French-Italian-Spanish horror film written and directed by Juan Luis Buñuel (the son of Luis Buñuel) and starring Michel Piccoli, Liv Ullmann and Ornella Muti.[1][2][3]
Plot
In medieval France, nobleman Richard loses his wife Léonor in a tragic accident. Though he later remarries and has children, he remains consumed by grief. Ten years after her death, Richard makes a pact that brings Léonor back to life. Her return, however, unleashes a series of mysterious child deaths, revealing she has come back as something inhuman. Tormented by guilt and unable to stop the horror, Richard ultimately chooses to die with her.[4]
Cast
- Michel Piccoli as Richard
- Liv Ullmann as Leonor
- Ornella Muti as Catherine
- Antonio Ferrandis as Thomas
- Ángel del Pozo as Chaplain
- George Rigaud as Catherine's Father
- José María Caffarel as The Doctor
- Carmen Maura
- Piero Vida
- José Guardiola
- Tito García
Release
Home media
The film was released for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray by Scorpion Releasing on August 21, 2018.[5]
See also
- "Wake Not the Dead", the short story that the film is based on
References
- ^ Xavier Kawa-Topor. Le Moyen Âge vu par le cinéma européen. Centre européen d'art et de civilisation médiévale, 2001.
- ^ Román Gubern. El Cine Español en el Exilio. Lumen, 1976. ISBN 8426411193.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ "Léonor - film 1975 - Juan Luis Buñuel - Captain Watch". www.captainwatch.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-14.
- ^ "Leonor (1975) - Juan Buñuel". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
External links
- Léonor at IMDb
- Léonor at the TCM Movie Database (archived version)