The family home was dominated by Luis’s father Leonardo, a rich bourgeois. This is due to the fact that prior to living in Calanda, Leonardo made an abundance of money in Cuba from selling firearms and hardware. Despite being wealthy, Bunuel was aware of the divide between the classes, he states in his book “The respectful subordination of the peasants to the big landowners was deeply rooted in tradition, and seemed unshakable” (8). In his films, he challenges this. Luis grew up in a conservative and religious environment. He describes life in his hometown Zaragoza to be of a linear fashion “The major moments marked by the daily bells of the church of Pilar” (8). Until the age of sixteen, he was an active member of the Catholic church. He served at mass and took communion until he began to question the logic of the institution's ways. He became aware of the contradictions between human desire and the church’s taboo. He was also disgusted with its power and wealth. Several of his films were blatant criticisms of religion and the Catholic church, which gave way to him fleeing Spain numerous times during his filmmaking
The family home was dominated by Luis’s father Leonardo, a rich bourgeois. This is due to the fact that prior to living in Calanda, Leonardo made an abundance of money in Cuba from selling firearms and hardware. Despite being wealthy, Bunuel was aware of the divide between the classes, he states in his book “The respectful subordination of the peasants to the big landowners was deeply rooted in tradition, and seemed unshakable” (8). In his films, he challenges this. Luis grew up in a conservative and religious environment. He describes life in his hometown Zaragoza to be of a linear fashion “The major moments marked by the daily bells of the church of Pilar” (8). Until the age of sixteen, he was an active member of the Catholic church. He served at mass and took communion until he began to question the logic of the institution's ways. He became aware of the contradictions between human desire and the church’s taboo. He was also disgusted with its power and wealth. Several of his films were blatant criticisms of religion and the Catholic church, which gave way to him fleeing Spain numerous times during his filmmaking