Viridiana - Wikipedia Before taking her final vows as a nun, Viridiana is instructed to visit her only living relative, an uncle named Don Jaime who financed her education Don Jaime is a recluse with a decaying mansion and estate, cared for by a servant named Ramona
Viridiana (1961) - IMDb Viridiana: Directed by Luis Buñuel With Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior
The mischievous charm of Luis Buñuel movie review - Roger Ebert Under the opening title shot of “Viridiana,” we hear Handel’s “Messiah,” but knowing Buñuel we doubt this will be a religious picture In the second and third shots, we see a Mother Superior advising a novice at a cloistered convent to visit her old uncle before he dies
Viridiana (1961) | The Criterion Collection In it, novice nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle (Fernando Rey) and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism
Viridiana - Wikiwand Viridiana 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
Viridiana : Luis Buñuel : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming . . . In it, novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism Winner of the Palme d’or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, Viridiana is as audacious today as ever
Viridiana | Surrealist, Spanish, Comedy | Britannica Viridiana, Spanish dramatic film, released in 1961, that is widely considered one of director Luis Buñuel’s finest and most controversial works Sharply critical of the Roman Catholic Church, it was banned in Spain and condemned by the Vatican