Tristana (1970 Luis Buñuel)

Hitchcock apparently loved Tristana and told Buñuel as much over dinner at Cukor's. I bet he coveted Catherine Deneuve's cool blondness and I think he probably relished the protagonist losing her leg. An intriguing beginning (a silent football match) and ending (fast rewind to the start), both to the sound of the sea; a quick dream sequence; even as a teenager I was underwhelmed by Buñuel's 'surrealism'. I find him more of a sardonic observer of people's strange behaviour. Still, Powell ('I defer only to Buñuel'). So probably one to watch again a few times. Filmed in Buñuel's beloved Toledo.