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Bunuel clearly admires Viridiana's religious devotion even as he ridicules her Catholicism. He identifies with Rey, though he abhors his entitled social status. He empathizes with the bums, while still revealing their baseness. If this remote estate, with its lonely lord and colony of the downtrodden, has all seemed a bit unreal and out of time, that's because it is. In the end, pop music & gambling & no more ideals.

MrDickPump

19Apr12

Es impensable no sentir el respiro detrás de cámara del Sr. Buñuel en cada toma, su marca en el cine y en esta película desnuda toda percepción hecha en el cine mismo, transgresor, delicado, perfeccionista y amante de la verdad, Buñuel muestra en Viridiana algo que no pensábamos que podíamos ver hasta ese momento y por encima de eso, lo hace más que ningún otro totalmente suyo.

Gabriel

23Mar12

Bosley Crowther hit the nail on the head with this one, imo.

Daniela

12Feb12

Entertaining, but overall too heavy handed in it message and a bit of a disappointment for a Buñuel.

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Franz Walsch

31Dec11

incredible.

Christofer Pierson

22Dec11

Wickedly dry, deadpan satire. Sabroso!

soiwaswrong

22Nov11

The most irritating part here are the abusive and ambitious and out of control paupers... It shows how are they different and why they became miserable...

Rohit

13Oct11

Bunuel turns every possible virtue upside down here. A rather pessimistic but realistic view of the weakness of human nature.

Chris

27Sep11

well, shit.

richmondhill

26Aug11

Sweet charity. Fairly early entry in the 'everyday surrealism' Bunuel excels at and a brazenly pointed - if sometimes obvious - swipe at hypocrisy and human frailty, religious or otherwise.

Jason Miller

15Jul11

OH my This was SO awesome. I was either either giggling at his sharp-tongued-ness, frightened out of my mind, or both. I love you dearly, Luis Bunuel

Kamran

8Jul11

Great film. A solid plot that is expertly narrated, acted, and filmed. While it has hints of art-house and surrealist cinema, this struck me mostly as a kind of playful black comedy. Don't get me wrong, though, the writing does get quite deep. 4 (4.5)/5

msmichel

31May11

Essential. Bunuel certainly knew how to push the buttons of the church and the censors and it is still inflammatory today. Wonderful script questioning faith, human nature and blind optimism. Pinal and Rey perfectly cast plus a wonderful group of villians and beggars.

AntioneOscar69

5May11

A scathing indictment of both religion and naivete, expertly directed, with a masterful screenplay with unforgettable characterizations and twists and turns. Still every bit as provocative and brilliant some 50 years later.