Simón del desierto
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Simón del desierto is a 1965 surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel that satirically portrays the life of a stylite saint tempted by the Devil in the Mexican desert.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simón del desierto canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3250698 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simón del desierto Context triple: [Claudio Brook, appearedIn, Simón del desierto]
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A.
Simón
Simón is the given name of Simón Bolívar, the famed Latin American military and political leader who played a key role in the independence of several South American countries from Spanish rule.
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B.
Baltasar
Baltasar is a variant of the name Belshazzar, historically associated with the last king of Babylon mentioned in the biblical Book of Daniel.
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C.
Gaspar
Gaspar is the given name of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, a powerful 17th-century Spanish royal favorite and statesman under King Philip IV.
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D.
Ignacio
Ignacio is a masculine given name of Spanish origin commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries.
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E.
Julián
Julián is a given name of Latin origin, commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries as a variant of Julian.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simón del desierto Target entity description: Simón del desierto is a 1965 surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel that satirically portrays the life of a stylite saint tempted by the Devil in the Mexican desert.
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A.
Simón
Simón is the given name of Simón Bolívar, the famed Latin American military and political leader who played a key role in the independence of several South American countries from Spanish rule.
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B.
Baltasar
Baltasar is a variant of the name Belshazzar, historically associated with the last king of Babylon mentioned in the biblical Book of Daniel.
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C.
Gaspar
Gaspar is the given name of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, a powerful 17th-century Spanish royal favorite and statesman under King Philip IV.
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D.
Ignacio
Ignacio is a masculine given name of Spanish origin commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries.
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E.
Julián
Julián is a given name of Latin origin, commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries as a variant of Julian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican film
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film ⓘ short film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| antagonist | the Devil ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gabriel Figueroa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| director | Luis Buñuel ⓘ |
| distributor | Clasa Films Mundiales ⓘ |
| editedBy | Carlos Savage ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Mexico ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy film
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satirical film ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Simón
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monks ⓘ peasants ⓘ the Devil ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
minimalist setting
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symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice |
anachronistic ending
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supernatural temptation ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Simón ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | stylite saint ⓘ |
| musicBy | Raúl Lavista ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | life of a stylite saint on a pillar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abrupt ending
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blend of satire and mysticism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf | Luis Buñuel filmography ⓘ |
| portrays |
Christian asceticism
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miracles ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ stylite practice ⓘ |
| producer | Gustavo Alatriste ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 45 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Julio Alejandro
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Luis Buñuel ⓘ |
| setting | Mexican desert ⓘ |
| stars |
Claudio Brook
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Enrique Álvarez Félix ⓘ Silvia Pinal ⓘ |
| themes |
faith and doubt
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religious asceticism ⓘ satire of religious fanaticism ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Simón del desierto Description of subject: Simón del desierto is a 1965 surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel that satirically portrays the life of a stylite saint tempted by the Devil in the Mexican desert.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Simón (Simón del desierto)
subject surface form:
Simón (Simón del desierto)