El Angel Exterminator Film Review

El angel exterminator is a surrealist film that sharply allegorical and satirical the aristocracy in the government. The film encompasses an observation of the aristocracy that is practice by the noble, suggesting they "harbor savage instincts and unspeakable secrets".

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The film begins with the formal dinner party that takes place at one house of Senor Edmundo Nobile and Lucia his wife. The guests adjourn to the music room after the meal, where the piano is played by Blanca. Unexpectedly, the guests remove their jackets and settle down on the floor, chairs, and couches until the following morning but none of them is leaving the house.

In the following morning, it becomes clear that guests were not able to leave. They consume the remnant of food after the previous night's party. As days pass, their plight increases as they become hungry, thirsty, hostile, hysterical and quarrelsome- with only one guest, Dr. Carlos Conde, reasons and applies logic, hence managing to keep the composure and guide the other guests through the ordeal. In the process, one of the elderly guests, Sergio Russell, dies and the body is placed in the cupboard. After sometimes, the young couples, who were just about to get married, Eduardo and Beatriz, commit suicide. Eventually, the guests break the wall opened to access the water pipe. Then a bear and several sheep break loose, from there bonds and find their way to the room where the guests are. The guests slaughter and roast the sheep on a broken furniture and floorboard's fire.

Dr. Conde reveals that Leonora, one of his patients, is suffering from cancer, and has consented, to the application of the morphine, as an anesthesia. However, the supplied drug is stolen by Juana and Francis. A Jew, who was a nurse practitioner at Kabbalah, attempted to free through performing a mystical ceremony, which did not succeed.

Raul, then suggests that Nobile is after their entire difficult situation, therefore, he must be sacrificed. The mob turns against Nobile, with only Colonel Alvaro and Dr. Conde opposing them. Nobile then offers to commit suicide, as Leticia, sees that they have not changed the position as from the time their plight began. The guests then restart to restructure their discussion and the movement from dinner party hence discovering that all were free to leave the room. As they reach outside the house, the guest is greeted by servants and the local police, who left the night house after the dinner party and found themselves trapped in the house not able to get in it.

As a sign of thanks for their salvation, they attend a Te Deum at the cathedral. As the service gets over, the church clergy and the churchgoers are also trapped. The church scenario is followed by street riots and the military's clamp down the rioter by firing them. Lastly, the sheep enter the church in one file as it is accompanied by the sound of the ricocheting bullets.