cinema history

Taking its title from the crude, shell-like roofs on the villagers’ huts, the animated film alternates between the story’s reality and the scary, surreal dreams of stilt-walking elephants and chicken-filled giraffes that haunt Bunuel. The simple beauty of the hand-drawn making-of film also is effectively interspersed with actual clips from “Las Hurdes,” which was given the English title “Land Without Bread.”