Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018) on Netflix

Plot summary

In 1930 Paris, the scandal around his first feature has left Luis Buñuel unable to find work. The anthropologist Maurice Legendre hands him an ethnographic study of Las Hurdes, a poor region of Spain, and asks whether he would consider filming it. Buñuel's friend, the sculptor Ramón Acín, decides to buy a lottery ticket and promises the winnings to the project; the ticket wins. Buñuel assembles a crew in La Alberca and drives them to a monastery that also serves as a hostel. From there they explore the nearby villages, where tightly packed box-shaped houses and winding streets make each village a labyrinth, and Acín compares the jagged roofs to the scales of a turtle. The poverty of the homes appalls the crew, and the villagers marvel at how much food the visitors have.