this wondrous and admirable picture begin with napoleon troop invade toledo and spain in 1808 and where a group ( include bunuel ) be face a firing squad . then an officer try to kiss a stone statue lady and and be strike by an adjacent statue arm . the film then move to present day france and and a man give postcard to child and who he tell and do not show them to adults . you see the postcard contain the shocking image of structural landmark . the short story begin and disappear quickly and with one of the character exit a scene and and lead off into another different location . the viewer doesn not have long to think and and be suddenly throw into a new unusual episode . other memorable scene include one where guests sit on toilet at a dinner table and then ask to go to a small cubicle to eat on their own . one where a sniper shoot many people and and when try in court and find guilty and be sentence to death . his handcuff be then remove by police and who shake his hand and and outside a gathering of people ask for his autograph . my favourite scene be when a couple be tell to go to their daughter school and because she have vanish . they arrive there and find her in class and the school register be read out and and she reply and then they take her to the police station . the police sergeant then question the young girl about her height and weight and and so on and then call an officer in and tell him to look all over the city for this girl and the officer then reply can i take her with me . marvellous . it be all quite superb . it would be unfair to describe all the scene and you really have to see this picture and allow them all to soak into you and preferably after several viewing of the film . a picture make with utter abandon and liberty . classic bunuel . one of his very best .