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The Young One

1960 · Movie · NR · 95 min · ★ 6.9 · 95% critics

Drama

A jazz musician flees danger and hides on a remote island, hoping to stay out of sight. There, tensions rise as he crosses paths with a hostile game warden and becomes drawn to a young woman, turning the refuge into a pressure cooker.

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Details
Original title
La joven
Years
1960
Release date
1960-09-05
Language
English
Rated
NR
Runtime
95 min
Critic score
95/100
TMDB rating
6.9/10 (59 votes)
About

You may like this if you want a tense, morally thorny drama with mounting danger in an isolated setting, in the vein of Él or The Prowler; Not for you if you prefer light, comforting stories.

Pros: tense island setting; moral conflict; strong suspense | Cons: bleak subject matter; uncomfortable dynamics; slow pacing

Cast & crew

Directed by Luis Buñuel