Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

With its dust and sherry-toned colour palette and starkly angular character design, it will intrigue animation fans.

As a"making of" movie, however, it's instantly gratifying and easily comparable with Les Blank's Fitzcarraldo film Burden of Dreams.

An engaging if somewhat demure animation, bordering occasionally on a kind of gentle sentimentality that is inimical to the subject...

This speedy portrait of the surrealist as a young man has its own discreet charms.

The animation is nothing remarkable, but the story is compelling, especially for Buñuel fans.

It's a curio for the completist, but not an unworthy one.

A much more particular film that we could imagine. [Full review in Spanish]

The medium of animation lends itself well to weaving these dream-like visions because Land Without Bread was not in the strictest sense a documentary. [Full review in Spanish]

Devoid of the obscurity, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is a stark contrast to the film it is woven around. It is coherent, perceptible, and unusually entertaining in a largely mainstream way.

More than what is usually expected from great artists' hagiographies. [Full review in Spanish]