Leonor (1975)

Directed by Juan Luis Buñuel
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
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(VHS, Magnetic Video Corporation)

Brooding, philosophical film on the nature of love and death set in medieval Spain. Liv Ullmann is Leonor, who is on her death bed after a horse accident. She is walled up in a tomb after she dies by her husband Richard, played by Michel Piccoli. The same day, he goes out and marries a young Ornella Muti. Ten years pass, when one day Richard sees Leonor on a riverbank. He re-opens her tomb, where he meets a Christ-like figure who resurrects her. He murders his young wife and begins living with Leonor. She slowly regains her memory and senses. When children in the village begin turning up dead, she is suspected of killing them and hunted. Is she a vampire or is it the Black Death? Moody soundtrack by Ennio Morricone perfectly complements this haunting film.