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DVD ~ Silvia Pinal
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  • Actors: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey
  • Directors: Luis Bunuel
  • Format: PAL
  • Language Spanish
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Arrow Films
  • DVD Release Date: 28 Aug 2006
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000GI36AM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 23,239 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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An idealistic novice nun, hoping to practice good works in the world, opens the doors of her ancestral estate to a ragtag collection of the poor, tired, and hungry. But her charity backfires when the recipients of her benevolence don't warm to her ministrations, choosing to go on living just as they were--in the gutter. A scathing indictment of perceived Catholic self-righteousness from surrealist master Bunuel.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A forgotten masterpiece worth discovering, 25 Mar 2009
Its a great shame that this film has become obscure, because I think its one of the triumphs of European cinema of the last century. Luis Bunuel turns the story of a novice nun visiting her reclusive uncle into a viciously funny attack on the Church. The film sways wonderfully between comedy and tragedy, and while there is a great deal of symbolism and surrealist humour, it is extremely accessible with interesting characters and a fast, engaging story. A film that will make you laugh and think.
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5.0 out of 5 stars masterpiece, 5 Dec 2006
filmed in 1961 it was the return to spain to Buñuel. Criticized for others spanish in the exile, it was -is- a pandora's box for the dictator Franco. Hardly criticized by the Vatican -remember that Nazarin (1958) almost won the award of the catholic office in Cannes- Viridiana contains some of the most famous images of Buñuel. Full of spanish customes and way of life in that dark time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The return, 1 Jun 2009
This has to be one of the most memorable films ever made.It's a shocking attack on the Catholic Church and Spain.There is a kind of dream-like boldness to a lot of the narrative,an electric passage between images.There is symbolism by the bucket-load,the failed Republic,the wife who died on her wedding day,and modern Spain as an estate run to seed.There are individual images, the bee rescued from a water barrel,a dog running beneath a cart,a cat pouncing on a rat.The theme of the naivety of do-gooding vs the reality of human nature,greed and selfishness.Bunuel connects the audience to more earthy,pragmatic drives throwing off the hypocrisy of organized religion in the process,due to it being out of touch with our needs.The parody of the Last Supper and Pinal's rape by a beggarly Christ are unforgettable.Even more subversive is her new secular role in a menage-a-trois in a final game of cards.An all time masterwork.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome home
This is really a treat. A massive attack towards catholic church. Imagine that the same man had to flee to Mexico, where he made his first masterpieces in fourties and fifties... Read more
Published 15 days ago by Matti

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Bunuel's best films.
Viridiana has the reputation for being a blasphemous film which in reality is unfounded. Bunuel never felt the film was intentionally blasphemous. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Phoust

4.0 out of 5 stars A special film from Buñuel

I like films directed by Luis Buñuel, I can find many details on them, and I can imagine many posibilities about his message. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Julio Reinoso

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