In a story stranger than fiction, worthy of the surrealist master of cinema, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles tells the true story of how Buñuel made his second film. Paris, 1930. Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel are the main figures of the surrealist movement, but Buñuel runs out of money after the scandal surrounding his first film The Golden Age. However, his good friend, the sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket promising that if he wins, he will pay for his next film. Unbelievably, luck is on their side, caution pays off, and they decide to make the film. Both a buddy adventure and a fascinating episode in film history, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles uses sensitive performances, as well as excerpts from Buñuel's own footage during production, to present a profoundly humanistic and moving portrait of an artist in search of meaning.
