Death in the Garden
La mort en ce jardin ("Death in the Garden") is a 1956 adventure film by director Luis Buñuel, based on a novel by José-André Lacour, that stars Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel and Michel Piccoli, with additional dialogue by Raymond Queneau. Set in an unidentified South American country, it recounts the bloody suppression by the corrupt governing regime of an insurrection by illegal diamond miners, after which five disparate fugitives take to the jungle in search of safety.
| La mort en ce jardin Death in the Garden | |
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La mort en ce jardin Spanish poster | |
| Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
| Written by | Luis Alcoriza Luis Buñuel Gabriel Arout |
| Produced by | Óscar Dancigers David Mage |
| Starring | Simone Signoret Charles Vanel Georges Marchal Michel Piccoli Michèle Girardon |
| Music by | Paul Misraki |
Production companies | Producciones Tepeyac Films Dismage |
| Distributed by | Cinédis (France) Películas Nacionales (Mexico) |
Release dates | 21 September 1956 (France) 9 June 1960 (Mexico) |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | France, Mexico |
| Languages | French Spanish |
| Budget | $600,000 |
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