Viridiana (1961)
Country: SP/MEX
Technical: bw 91m
Director: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal
Synopsis:
A novice nun goes to visit her widowed uncle on his property, rejects his advances, prompts his suicide, turns part of the house into a hospice for beggars who abuse her trust, and finishes up as part of a bizarre ménage à trois with her uncle's bastard son and housemaid.
Review:
The surreal touches are few and far between in the single product of Buñuel's extraordinarily shortlived homecoming. However, from cows udders to a parody of the last supper, there was plenty to offend Franco and the Catholic establishment. This frigid nun who only has the best intentions of serving God and her fellow humankind is effectively ridiculed through the worldliness of those around her: it is a morally corrupt society indeed that Buñuel depicts (with customary technical brilliance).
Country: SP/MEX
Technical: bw 91m
Director: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal
Synopsis:
A novice nun goes to visit her widowed uncle on his property, rejects his advances, prompts his suicide, turns part of the house into a hospice for beggars who abuse her trust, and finishes up as part of a bizarre ménage à trois with her uncle's bastard son and housemaid.
Review:
The surreal touches are few and far between in the single product of Buñuel's extraordinarily shortlived homecoming. However, from cows udders to a parody of the last supper, there was plenty to offend Franco and the Catholic establishment. This frigid nun who only has the best intentions of serving God and her fellow humankind is effectively ridiculed through the worldliness of those around her: it is a morally corrupt society indeed that Buñuel depicts (with customary technical brilliance).
Country: SP/MEX
Technical: bw 91m
Director: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal
Synopsis:
A novice nun goes to visit her widowed uncle on his property, rejects his advances, prompts his suicide, turns part of the house into a hospice for beggars who abuse her trust, and finishes up as part of a bizarre ménage à trois with her uncle's bastard son and housemaid.
Review:
The surreal touches are few and far between in the single product of Buñuel's extraordinarily shortlived homecoming. However, from cows udders to a parody of the last supper, there was plenty to offend Franco and the Catholic establishment. This frigid nun who only has the best intentions of serving God and her fellow humankind is effectively ridiculed through the worldliness of those around her: it is a morally corrupt society indeed that Buñuel depicts (with customary technical brilliance).