Anti-racist drama. Luis Buñuel could not make a movie. He always showed what society did not want to hear, preferred not to notice or hid from itself. And moving to Mexico, the director for a while moved away from surrealism and switched to realism. Along with several filmmakers blacklisted in the McCarthy era, Buñuel directed The Girl. Racism is rooted in social prejudice and the most violent, vicious corners of the human soul. And a moral rebuke to the white majority that refuses to see in themselves what it considers unacceptable in blacks.
The film was ahead of its time. "The Girl" deals with sexual harassment. Cinema is aware of this social problem twenty years from now. Racial issues were also revolutionary. There were demonstrations, marches, protests, trials, boycotts, activists were shot, churches were set on fire, homemade bombs were thrown at homes, the police and FBI indulged in racially motivated crimes, and the political class was feverish. Hollywood didn't notice anything. Racial issues were taboo in the dream factory in the '50s and '60s. The target audience did not want to see this, and the film companies feared protests, boycotts and political pressure if they tried to touch on a sensitive topic. Only in 1967, Hollywood provocateur Stanley Kramer will release a family drama with racial issues and a black supporting hero. Buñuel's "Girl" did not cause a large-scale scandal just because she was not noticed by the audience because of the Mexican production. The film itself is shot on the classic model of a movie play. From her he inherited sentimentality and pathosity. In my opinion, the film spoils. Opposite suspense, the evil irony and drawn characters - the best side of the picture.