Viridiana Movie Review 1961

Innocent Viridiana (Pinal), with strong ideas about goodness, visits her worldly uncle, Don Jaime's (Rey), home before she takes her vows as a nun. He has developed a sick obsession for her, but after drugging Viridiana, Don Jaimefinds he cannot violate her purity. He tells her, however, she is no longer chaste so she will not join the church. After her uncle's suicide, Viridiana learns she and his illegitimate son Jorge (Rabal) have inherited her uncle's rundown estate. Viridiana opens the house to all sorts of beggars, who take shameless advantage, while Jorge works slowly to restore the estate and improve the lives of those around him. Considered to be one of Bunuel's masterpieces and a bitter allegory of Spanish idealism versus pragmatism and the state of the world. Spanish with subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from Spanish, Mexican.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Director/Star Teams: Bunuel & F. Rey, Family Ties, Ethics & Morals, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Luis Bunuel, Julio Alajandro

Cast

Silvia Pinal, Francesco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Margarita Lozano, Victoria Zinny

Cinematography

Jose F. Aguayo

Director

Luis Bunuel

Producer

Uninci, Films 59

Awards

Cannes 1961: Film.