Viridiana (1961)

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.

“u0026quot;Viridianau0026quot; and u0026quot;Tierra Sin Panu0026quot; (a documentary) are two of the most cutting portraits of Spanish misery and poverty in the 20 that passed after 1936u0026#39;s Civil War. Buñuel had no mercy and put everybody in their place.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe pious Viridiana (Silvia Pinal, wonderful!) who leaves the convent to come to live with his uncle in the country. His uncle (Fernando Rey, magnificent!), a man defeated by life who lives in the past and, finally, suicides. His cousin (Paco Rabal, the man!), which come to the country house looking for his inheritance. The tramps that Viridiana takes in… Some of the best characters in the history of cinema, and some of the best sequences ever filmed (that one with the tramps celebrating such a crazy party).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA fierce look against Spanish society, against religion and against the human condition itself. Iu0026#39;d pay for watching the face of dictator Francou0026#39;s censors when they watched u0026quot;Viridianau0026quot;. They could have Buñuel shot for that. Luckily, he went to Mexico.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWell, this is a movie to talk about for hours and hours… Anyway, you just watch it and prepare to feel what cinemau0026#39;s about.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e*My rate: 10/10”