Religious beliefs completely collapsed within 90 minutes, and everything Verityina experienced after coming out of the monastery made her gradually fall from a holy believer to a layman. The uncle's feelings of taboo and possessiveness towards her, and then committed suicide because of shame. This made her feel at a loss. For the first time, she felt helpless as a person, just like a college student who had just walked out of an ivory tower, looking forward to it but hitting a wall everywhere. Like a frightened bird, she had a new understanding of the world's human nature. At this time, God did not appear and her faith was shaken. Therefore, she refused to return to the monastery, and she could not return to the faith wholeheartedly. In the second half of the film, her act of sheltering homeless people from the bottom of society at her uncle's house can be regarded as her own salvation. She is eager to return to the monastery. Therefore, she must allow herself to see the power of faith and the existence of God in the world.
Obviously, she is accelerating the rate of faith collapse.
The arrival of the uncle's son and girlfriend is a drop of accelerator. At the same time, it is also accelerating the collapse of the audience. As the son of the upper class of the bourgeoisie, he did not hesitate to buy the dog because he saw a poor dog running with the car, but he was puzzled by Verityanna's behavior in taking homeless people. The dog owner said to him: Don't let the dog eat too much, so as to run fast. This is a naked revelation of the bourgeois exploitation system. Subsequently, other dogs running with the car passed by the camera, but they were not relieved. The son's betrayal of his girlfriend, the allusion to Velidia's lust, the friendship with the housekeeper, and the development of a series of events after the death of the uncle all reflect the complexity of human nature.
Of course, the relationship and interaction between Veridiana and the tramp is the last straw that crushes the camel. The montage of Velitian leading the homeless people praying in the garden and the work of the workers are quite interesting. Finally, when the owners went out, the homeless people rebelled against the guests in the villa. They completely released their self-instincts and carried out dirty carnivals on luxurious and exquisite meals. There is a chant on the record player. (I don't know how much inspiration the parasite draws from this film) The last two homeless men even attempted to rape Verity Anna under the influence of alcohol. In the transaction of the male protagonist's money, one of the tramp killed the tramp who raped Verityanna. So far, the roots of man's inferiority have been revealed, just like the parable of the farmer and the snake. At the end, Veridiana was in the same room with the male lead and the housekeeper. Her expression seemed to want to accept the male lead’s love, but when the female housekeeper was also in the room, disappointment hung on her face. Obviously, she accepted the mortal, accepted the lust, the faith collapsed, and the modern pop music in the room was in sharp contrast with the previous chants. This is Bruel's most unrelenting suspicion of religion.
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