The film is so full of riches, so perfectly constructed to gain the maximum effect with the minimum of fuss, that it can be enjoyed on many levels.

What more is there to say about Bunuel? Except that Tristana... is a quite masterly summation of his art.

The rigid rituals of duty and honor form an inextricable bond of pleasure and degradation, of sex and death-and render sin all the more exciting.

The shock value is muffled by their tone of dispassionate gamesmanship...