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The Young One
SPAIN · 1960

The Young One

Luis Buñuel
racism refuge and sanctuary sexual desire isolation moral hypocrisy
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Synopsis

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

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