Digital copy provided by UNAM's Filmoteca Collection.

The second and last English-language film directed by Luis Buñuel was co-written by Hugo Butler, also known as H. B. Addis, who was blacklisted in Hollywood during the 1950s. Starring Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton, and Key Meersman, this 1960 drama explores themes of oppression and morality through the explicit measures manifested and taken by the characters driven by racism and pedophilia. One of the director’s least appreciated films, The Young One takes a poetic approach in its cinematic language, sensibly narrating questions of humanity while dealing candidly with difficult subject matters.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.