octavio paz and mexican poet and writer and and diplomat and who receive the nobel prize for literature in 1990 and say about nazarin represent nazarin follow the great tradition of mad spaniard originate by cervantes . his madness consist in take seriously great idea and try to live accordingly . a humble and spiritual priest ( francisco rabal in a wonderful performance ) attempt to live by the principle of christianity but be cast out of his church for help a local prostitute by give her a shelter after she have commit a murder . nazarin wanders the country road of the turn of the 20th century mexico and offering help to poor and beg for food . his two follower and a murderous prostitute andara and her sister beatriz who be a failed suicide desperately search for love and consider him saint but it do not prevent him from hatred and humiliation from both the church and the people he meet on the road . he end up beaten in prison and begin to question his faith for not be able to forgive his attacker . bunuel tell the story in a manner of a christian parable masterfully and uniquely combine admiration and irony for the main character and strong criticism of formal religion and hypocrisy . the film be simple and profound as well a beautiful and ironic and and heartbreaking . i consider bunuel one of the best filmmaker ever . i have see twenty of his film and they all belong to the different period of his life but they have in common his magic touch and the masterful combination of gritty realism and surrealism and his curiosity and his inquisitive mind and his sense of humor and and his dark and shin fantasy . with great pleasure i be add little see and almost unknown but amazingly candid and touching surrealistic tragic comedy nazarin to the list of my favorite film .