VIRIDIANA Clip
April 15th, 2008 by Andre Soares
World Cinema Clips: Luis Buñuel, exiled from Spain since 1938, returned to his country of birth to make Viridiana, a low-key — but pitch-black — comedy about traditional European (read: Christian) mores that went on to receive the 1961 Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or.
The film stars Silvia Pinal as a young, idealist nun-to-be whose efforts to be Good and Charitable end in disaster. Fernando Rey is the uncle who lusts after her while Francisco Rabal is the handsome cousin who enjoys playing cards with her.
Needless to say, Viridiana was exorcized by the Vatican and banned in Franco’s Spain. All to no avail. Franco is long gone, the Catholic Church has been rocked by myriad real-life scandals — whereas Buñuel’s merciless demons, now more widely available than ever, remain as effective as they were 47 years ago.
The clip below, posted by thor2017, includes the infamous Last Supper bit.
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Bunuel’s blasphemy is welcome at my house any day. I always marvel at his wit and the depth of his work.