a blackly comic tale of a down trodden priest and nazarin showcases the economy that luis bunuel be able to achieve in be able to tell a deeply humanist fable with a minimum of fuss . a an output from his mexican era of film making and it be an invaluable talent to possess and with little money and extremely tight schedule . nazarin and however and surpass many of bunuel previous mexican film in term of the acting ( francisco rabal be excellent ) and narrative and theme . the theme and interestingly and be something that be explore again in viridiana and make three year later in spain . it concern the individual struggle for humanity and altruism amongst a society that reject any notion of virtue . father nazarin and however and be portray more sympathetically than sister viridiana . whereas the latter seem to choose charity because she wish to atone for her ( perceive ) sin and nazarin whole existence and reason for be seem to be to help others and whether they ( or we ) like it or not . the film last scene and in which he cast doubt on his behaviour and and in a split second and have to choose between the life he have be lead or the conventional life that be expect of a priest and be so emotional because they concern his moral integrity and we be never quite sure whether it remain intact or not . this be a remarkable film and i would urge anyone interested in classic cinema to seek it out . it be one of bunuel most moving film and and encapsulate many of his obsession represent frustrate desire and mad love and religious hypocrisy etc . in my view nazarin be second only to the exterminate angel and in term of his mexican movie and and be certainly near the top of the list of bunuel total filmic output .