Made in Franco's Spain, Luis Buñuel's blasphemous comedy Viridiana (1961) poked a finger in the dictator's eye...

| Aug 14, 2020

One of the cinema's inalienable masterpieces.

| May 14, 2020

Bitterly humourous.

| May 14, 2020

Viridiana's unblinking vision of a world without true innocence isn't misanthropic, but powerfully, unapologetically humane-a black comedy without pity or judgment.

| Apr 6, 2020

[A]s scabrous a film as they come.

| Original Score: 5/6 | Nov 17, 2011

Whether Señor Buñuel means his picture as a reflection of all people or just the people of Spain is not clear nor, indeed, is it essential. It is an ugly, depressing view of life. And, to be frank about it, it is a little old-fashioned, too.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2003

More than 40 years after its original release, Viridiana remains one of the most shocking films ever made.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 24, 2003

Luis Buñuel returned to his native Spain to create this 1961 masterpiece, which marked his rebirth as a filmmaker of international repute.

| Jan 1, 2000