Nazarin (Original screenplay for the 1959 film, signed copy belonging to director Luis Buñuel)

Mexico: Producciones Barbachano Ponce, 1958. Draft script for the 1959 film. Presentation copy belonging to director Luis Buñuel, and SIGNED by Buñuel on the front wrapper. Also laid in is a program from the film's American premiere on May 18, 1960, also SIGNED by Buñuel. Blue ink manuscript annotations in the same hand to the verso of the last page of the script. Also laid in are two vintage photographs: one of Buñuel getting a haircut on the set of the film, and another with Buñuel, seated next to cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, composing a shot in his viewfinder.

Based on the 1895 novel by Benito Perez Galdos. A priest with radical but very philosophical notions leaves his order to go on a pilgrimage, learning much about the nature of human suffering as his life mimics that of Jesus Christ, all the way through to his untimely end. One of the mostly highly regarded films from Buñuel's Mexican period, one of director Andrei Tarkovsky's ten favorite films, and one of 15 religious films selected by the Vatican for their list of 45 great films celebrating the 100th anniversary of cinema. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Set in Mexico, and shot there on location.

Green titled wrappers, dated 1958, with credits for screenwriters Luis Buñuel and Julio Alejandro, novelist Benito Perez Galados, and director Luis Buñuel. Title page present, noted as copy No. 3 in manuscript pencil, dated 1958, with credits for screenwriters Buñuel and Alejandro, novelist Perez Galados, and director Buñuel. 106 leaves, with last page of text numbered 105. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, housed in a Near Fine red full leather presentation binding with gilt titles and rule, with a few tiny bruises at the extremities.

Photograph 8 x 10 inches, archive stamp and several manuscript annotations to the verso. Near Fine.

Rosenbaum 1000.