Viridiana

Director: Luis Buñuel Cast: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Margarita Lozano 1961, 90', black & white Spanish with Turkish subtitles

Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, Luis Buñuel’s irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet is accepted as his masterpiece. In it, novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism. Winner of the Palme d’or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, Viridiana is as audacious today as ever.