A blasphemous, anticlerical film about a novice who gets raped by her elderly Uncle. After her uncle commits suicide and leaves his home to her, Viridiana feels she needs to repent and invites beggars to stay at the house, where she can offer them sustenance and moral education. When Viridiana is out one day, the beggars start a rambunctious party and orgy, and ultimately attempt to rape Viridiana when she returns. At its premiere in 1961 in Cannes, the film was met with outrage and even banned by the Vatican and the Spanish government.
director: Luis Buñuel
composer: Gustavo Pittaluga
With: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, a.o.
Credits
director: Luis Buñuelcomposer: Gustavo Pittaluga
producer: Gustavo Alatriste
screenplay: Julio Alejandro & Luis Buñuel
Editor: Pedro del Rey
Cinematography: Jose F. Aguayo
production company: Unión Industrial Cinematográfica (UNINCI)
More info
dialogue: Spanish, Englishsubtitles: Eng subt.
country: Spain - Mexico
year: 1961
Filmography
LUIS BUNUEL (1900-1983): Un chien andalou (short, 1929), L'Âge d'or (1930), Las Hurdes (short, 1933), ¿Quién me quiere a mí? (Co-Director, 1936), ¡Centinela, alerta! (Co-Director, 1937), Gran Casino (1947), El gran calavera (1949), Los olvidados (1950), Susana (1951), La hija del engaño (1951), Subida al cielo (1952), Una mujer sin amor (1952), El bruto (1953), Él (1953), La ilusión viaja en tranvía (1954), Abismos de pasión (1954), Robinson Crusoe (1954), Ensayo de un crimen (1955),… Show more
Technical Specs
format: DCPframe: 1:1,66
Other festival films by director Luis Buñuel
2014:Belle de jour2003:Le journal d'une femme de chambre
1997:Belle de jour
1997:Un Chien andalou
1997:Viridiana
1995:Tristana
1993:El
1993:Los Olvidados
1985:La Voie Lactée
1985:Leonor
1985:Tristana
1978:L'Âge d'Or
1978:Simón del Desierto
1978:Un Chien andalou