Luis Bunuel's Viridiana is the story of a young novice who, in the space of a short time, is transformed from fervently pious to worldly as she moves from serving God within the convent to serving people outside the convent.
Raymond Durgnat. Viridiana Viridiana is a little - known saint of the same period as Francis of Assissi , and whose name struck me , years ago . In Mexico I thought of the film's story , which sprang from one image . That's how I work ...
... Viridiana's modern, innovative, and seductive cousin has his own new ideas for his father's land, which had stopped being productive. Both cousins reclaim the inherited property with the same intensity: for Viridiana it is an idyllic ...
... Viridiana , displays a mischievous smile before commit- ting suicide and leaving the estate to her . Viridiana learns two things during her ensuing education : deprivation is boundless , for example , in the scene with the dog tied to ...
... Viridiana arrives , Buñuel further develops this feet - legs motif.5 The camera frames the legs of Viridiana and Don Jaime , who are moving forward side by side . They stop occasionally , as people do when they are walking and talking ...
... Viridiana, Georges Sadoul refers to "El ángel exterminador, a Mexican film, left out of the running for the Palme D'or," but also remarks how "this new film, also more Spanish than anything, continues with the aim of Viridiana in a more ...
... Viridiana through the keyhole , motivated more by fascination with the latter's spiritual- ity - though even here curiosity about the masochistic tendencies suggested by the crown of thorns and nails Viridiana carries around with her ...
... Viridiana and Tristana , in both of which two of Buñuel's favourite targets - the bourgeoisie and the Catholic Church are ruthlessly exposed . Buñuel's return to Spain in 1960 in order to make Viridiana undoubtedly provided him with the ...
... Viridiana to pursue that particular line of inquiry without Boone's help . However , when Viridiana approaches Boone , someone ( per- haps Boone , or maybe the tech transfer officer at Boone's institution , Boon- docks University ) ...
... Viridiana , a reflection on religious mo- res , sexual desire , and the quest for beneficencia pública , a desire to help others . It was a 1961 coproduction between Mexico and Spain and was loosely based on the novel Halma , by Benito ...