Bunuel, Lorca and Dalí: three geniuses in an adventure with no return
The old Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900-83) imagines a movie plot, set in Toledo in the future 2002, about the fantastic adventure of three actors, who play him and his friends, the painter Salvador Dalí (1904-89) and the poet Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), and their search for King Solomon's table, a mythical artifact capable of revealing the past, present and future.
Old Buñuel
Young Buñuel
Dalí
Lorca
Ana María de Zayas
Fátima
Film Critic
Abilio Avendaño
Rabbi
Pacheco
Spy
Jacinto Baños
Moor
Ashaverus / Hermit
Child Buñuel
Child Dalí
Old Dalí
Gypsy Singer
Gypsy #1
Gypsy #2
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