Leonora Carrington

Acting

Leonora Carrington

Born April 6, 1917

Died May 25, 2011 · aged 94

Mary Leonora Carrington OBE was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington was also a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s. In 1936 Carrington saw the work of the German surrealist Max Erns…

Known For

Through Alan GlassThrough Alan Glass · 2006
Through Alan Glass
2006
MovieDocumentary
The documentary shows the world of the surrealist Canadian artist Alan Glass, his work, his home, his friends, his boxes, all his universe is presented through the point of view of art critics, artists and friends.
Remedios Varo: Mystery and RevelationRemedios Varo: Mystery and Revelation · 2013
Remedios Varo: Mystery and Revelation
9.02013
MovieDocumentary
The magical world of Remedios Varo, a singular and unclassifiable artist, that André Breton claimed as a surréaliste. Born in Anglès, Spain, in 1908, Remedios was marked by two wars (Spanish Civil War and the Second World War) and for an intense relationship of amour fou with the poet Benjamin Péret who considered her his muse and the woman of his dreams. Exiled in Mexico from 1941 until her death in 1963, she developed in this country the pictorial imagery and the technical virtuoso which identify her as a weaver of dreams in a world of medieval reminiscences, populated by creatures and fantastic objects connected with the cosmos.
The Mansion of MadnessThe Mansion of Madness · 1973
The Mansion of Madness
4.81973
MovieHorror
The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.
There Are No Thieves in This VillageThere Are No Thieves in This Village · 1965
There Are No Thieves in This Village
5.91965
MovieDrama
When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang out at the bar without being able to shoot pool, and the boy entertains thoughts of forming a gang to steal more billiard balls in hopes of making money.
Female Human AnimalFemale Human Animal · 2018
Female Human Animal
4.72018
MovieThrillerMystery
Set against the real-life contemporary art world, Female Human Animal is a psycho-thriller about a creative woman disenchanted with what modern life has to offer her.
A Pure SoulA Pure Soul · 1965
A Pure Soul
6.31965
MovieDramaRomance
Second of two films that make up the collaborative film "Los Bienamados" (The Beloved, 1965). Claudia, a young aristocratic girl travels to Switzerland to recover the corpse of her brother, Juan Luis. As she flies back home to Mexico, in flashback it is revealed that she and her brother had an incestuous relationship and that she managed to drive his fiance, Claire, to her death... with tragic consequences for all of them.

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