Viridiana (1961)

Directed by

Luis Buñuel

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Mexico, Spain

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

18

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 555 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Viridiana intends to join a convent, but her uncle's schemes pull her into a different life. After his death, she tries to help a group of beggars, but their behavior leads to chaos and destroys her faith.

slow-burnunsettlingdarkly comicmockery-tingedcontemplativebleakly humorousprovocative

What happens

Viridiana (pronounced [biɾiˈðjana]) is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican surrealist comedy-drama film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Gustavo Alatriste. It is loosely based on the 1895 novel Halma by Benito Pérez Galdós. The film was the co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, but was banned in Spain and denounced by the Holy See for its criticism of the Catholic Church. In a 2016 poll of 350 experts organized by Spanish film magazine Caimán Cuadernos de Cine, it was voted the best Spanish film of all time, with 227 votes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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