Luis Buñuel’s Viridiana

Experience legendary filmmaker Luis Buñuel’s controversial 1961 classic Viridiana, on the big screen in a stunning new 4K restoration from Janus Films!

Banned in Francisco Franco’s Spain and denounced by the Vatican upon its premiere, Luis Buñuel’s irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece. In it, novice nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle (Fernando Rey) 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, provocative and cinematically thrilling today as ever. (Dir. by Luis Buñuel, 1961, Spain, in Spanish with English subtitles, 90 mins., Not Rated)