Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors: | Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983
Alejandro, Julio, 1906-1995
Portabella, Pere.
Muñoz Suay, R.
Pinal, Silva.
Rabal, Francisco.
Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994
Gustavo Alatriste.
Uninci S.A.-Films 59.
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Notes: | Spanish dialogue with English subtitles. Originally produced as a motion picture in Spain, but censorship resulted in the film's first being released in France on May 17, 1961. Photography, José F. Aguayo ; editor, Pedro del Rey ; music by Handel and Mozart, arranged by Gustavo Pittaluga. Silva Pinal (Viridiana), Francisco Rabal (Jorge), Fernando Rey (Don Jaime).
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Summary: | Viridiana, who is about to take her religious vows, is raped by her uncle when she visits him at his country estate. Consumed by guilt, the uncle hangs himself and leaves his estate to Viridiana and his illegitimate son. Realizing that she is not without guilt herself, Viridiana attempts to make her peace with God and sets up a refuge for society's outcasts.
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