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Watch: Viridiana 1961 123movies, Full Movie Online – Viridiana, a young novice about to take her final vows as a nun, accedes, moved purely by a sense of obligation, to a request from her widowed uncle to visit him. Stirred by her resemblance to his late wife, he attempts to seduce her and tragedy ensues. In the aftermath, Viridiana tries to assuage her guilt by creating a haven for the destitute folk who live around her uncle’s estate. But little good comes from these good intentions..
Plot: Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.
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Misery, poverty, (bad) religion… Buñuel’s tribute to Franco’s work.
“Viridiana” and “Tierra Sin Pan” (a documentary) are two of the most cutting portraits of Spanish misery and poverty in the 20 that passed after 1936’s Civil War. Buñuel had no mercy and put everybody in their place.

The 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).

A fierce look against Spanish society, against religion and against the human condition itself. I’d pay for watching the face of dictator Franco’s censors when they watched “Viridiana”. They could have Buñuel shot for that. Luckily, he went to Mexico.

Well, this is a movie to talk about for hours and hours… Anyway, you just watch it and prepare to feel what cinema’s about.

*My rate: 10/10

From Idealism To Disillusion
Although it was the joint-winner of the Palme D’Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, “Viridiana” also achieved a certain amount of notoriety because it was considered by the Vatican to be blasphemous and was banned in Spain for 26 years. Its story describes the circumstances that lead to a young nun losing her idealism, her commitment to the Catholic Church and her naivete about various aspects of the real world and human nature itself. The experiences that she goes through, in a relatively short space of time, affect her profoundly and change her life forever.

Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) is the young nun who, shortly before taking her final vows, is ordered by her mother superior to visit her rich uncle, Don Jaime (Fernando Rey). Although they hadn’t had any contact for years, Don Jaime had consistently provided for Viridiana and so she dutifully follows her instructions and goes to visit her benefactor at his rather run-down rural estate.

Don Jaime soon tells her how closely she resembles his late wife who died of a heart attack on their wedding night and on one of the subsequent nights, asks her to wear his late wife’s wedding dress. Although she’s uncomfortable about complying with this request, she reluctantly agrees because she feels she owes him something. Things get even creepier however, when she’s told that he’d like to marry her and Don Jaime’s loyal servant Ramona (Margarita Lozano) drugs her coffee before Don Jaime carries her unconscious to a bedroom with the intention of raping her. He doesn’t actually go through with the act but next day tells her that she’s been changed forever and she decides to leave immediately. She doesn’t get very far though, before being summoned back to the estate because Don Jaime has committed suicide.

Don Jaime’s illegitimate son Jorge (Francisco Rabal) and Viridiana become the joint beneficiaries of the estate and after Jorge moves into the mansion with his mistress Lucia (Victoria Zinny), Viridiana also decides to stay there and gathers up a group of local beggars that she invites to live in one of the buildings on the estate in return for doing some work. Lucia soon leaves when she recognises that Jorge has designs on Viridiana and a little while later, he and Ramona have a fling. When the joint owners of the estate have to leave briefly to attend to some business, the beggars take advantage by breaking into the mansion and feasting and drinking heavily before vandalising the place. When they return home, Viridiana is assaulted by a couple of the beggars and soon becomes totally disillusioned by everything that’s happened and finally reconciles herself to living in, what she now recognises as, the real world.

Luis Bunuel who directed and co-wrote this movie, asserts throughout that lust, greed, corruption and cruelty are fundamental to the real world and that idealism and charity are futile and will always be exploited. Despite the deeply cynical nature of this message, “Viridiana” is made palatable and extremely enjoyable to watch because of the way in which its story works on more than one level and also features significant amounts of black humour. Its most famous scene arrives when the partying beggars appear to spontaneously recreate Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” in a tableau that drew criticism from the Vatican for being blasphemous.

“Viridiana” is an undeniably thought-provoking piece and its entire cast does a good job of making all of the characters interesting and memorable for a variety of reasons.

Other Information:

Original Language es
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 679244
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Luis Buñuel
Writer Julio Alejandro, Luis Buñuel, Benito Pérez Galdós
Actors Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey
Country Spain, Mexico
Awards 2 wins & 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Klangfilm-Magnetocord)
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Madrid Film S.A., Madrid, Spain
Film Length 2,480 m (Sweden), 2,490 m (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format Digital (Digital Cinema Package DCP), 35 mm