Léonor

Léonor
Léonor
	Original French release poster
Directed by	Juan Luis Buñuel
Written by	Juan Luis Buñuel; Bernardino Zapponi; Roberto Bodegas; Jean-Claude Carrière; Pierre-Jean Maintigneux; Michel Nuridzani; Clement Biddle Wood
Based on	"Wake Not the Dead" by Ernst Raupach
Starring	Michel Piccoli; Liv Ullmann; Ornella Muti
Cinematography	Luciano Tovoli
Edited by	Pablo G. del Amo
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; companies	Arcadie Productions; Films 66; Goya Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.; Serafín Ignacio García Trueba; Transeuropa Film; Uranus Productions France
Distributed by	Manuel Salvador
Release date	1975;
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	Spain; France; Italy
Language	French

Léonor (also known as Mistress of the Devil) is a 1975 French-Italian-Spanish horror film written and directed by Juan Luis Buñuel (the son of Luis Buñuel) and starring Michel Piccoli, Liv Ullmann and Ornella Muti.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Plot

In medieval France, nobleman Richard loses his wife Léonor in a tragic accident. Though he later remarries and has children, he remains consumed by grief. Ten years after her death, Richard makes a pact that brings Léonor back to life. Her return, however, unleashes a series of mysterious child deaths, revealing she has come back as something inhuman. Tormented by guilt and unable to stop the horror, Richard ultimately chooses to die with her.^[6]

Cast

Michel Piccoli as Richard
Liv Ullmann as Leonor
Ornella Muti as Catherine
Antonio Ferrandis as Thomas
Ángel del Pozo as Chaplain
George Rigaud as Catherine's Father
José María Caffarel as The Doctor
Carmen Maura
Piero Vida
José Guardiola
Tito García

Release

Home media

The film was released for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray by Scorpion Releasing on August 21, 2018.^[7]

References

↑ Xavier Kawa-Topor. Le Moyen Âge vu par le cinéma européen. Centre européen d'art et de civilisation médiévale, 2001.
↑ Román Gubern. El Cine Español en el Exilio. Lumen, 1976. ISBN 8426411193.
↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
↑ Groves, Adam. "LEONOR". The Bedlam Files. On & Off Productions. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
↑ Dumont, Hervé. "I - LE ROYAUME DE FRANCE / 11 . CONTES, LÉGENDES ET RÉCITS sans références historiques précises". Encyclopédie du film d'Histoire (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-20.
↑ "Léonor - film 1975 - Juan Luis Buñuel - Captain Watch". www.captainwatch.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-14.
↑ "Leonor (1975) - Juan Buñuel". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

External links

Léonor at IMDb
Léonor at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

[1] Xavier Kawa-Topor. Le Moyen Âge vu par le cinéma européen. Centre européen d'art et de civilisation médiévale, 2001.

[2] Román Gubern. El Cine Español en el Exilio. Lumen, 1976. ISBN 8426411193.

[Mereghetti-3] Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

[4] Groves, Adam. "LEONOR". The Bedlam Files. On & Off Productions. Retrieved 2026-05-20.

[5] Dumont, Hervé. "I - LE ROYAUME DE FRANCE / 11 . CONTES, LÉGENDES ET RÉCITS sans références historiques précises". Encyclopédie du film d'Histoire (in French). Retrieved 2026-05-20.

[6] "Léonor - film 1975 - Juan Luis Buñuel - Captain Watch". www.captainwatch.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-14.

[allmoviereleases-7] "Leonor (1975) - Juan Buñuel". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

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