Audiences who are accustomed to finding black and white characters in movies feel dizzy at any time in this movie, and cannot tell whether they love or hate a certain character.
After the heroine Viridiana moved into the mansion of her uncle Don Jaime, the screen revealed the middle-aged man's eagerness towards the girl. When the two met for the first time, they only looked at the close-up of their feet, and the uncle kicked the sand anxiously. After the hostess returned to the room, the thighs exposed by taking off her stockings were full of sexual hints.
The uncle asked the maid to help him keep Viridiana, and mentioned that the maid and her daughter would be taken care of well after the incident. At this time, I think that Viridiana is the daughter of the uncle's former lover. His words can't help but worry about whether the maid has been brutally attacked by the uncle, and whether the uncle is also plotting against the maid's daughter. After all, a man living alone in a big house has a maid of a similar age next to him, and one cannot help but imagine what will happen in the dead of night.
When the uncle asked Viridiana to put on her wedding dress the night before she left, his distorted sexual addiction was even more obvious. When Viridiana was drugged and fell asleep, the uncle's lust was finally revealed. The audience can rest assured to hate this character. The next day, the uncle took out the raw rice and it was cooked to force Viridiana to stay. This made the audience feel more compassionate towards him. He acted like an adolescent child, wanting to do it but not doing it, and in order to keep the girl, he deceived that he had taken her virginity.
After Viridiana left, the uncle took out paper and pen. Is he writing to Viridiana? Viridiana seemed hesitant before getting in the car, does she want to stay? The sudden appearance of the police added some suspense. Did the uncle take out the pen and paper to write a false accusation letter in order to leave Viridiana? Under the vague moral setting, these small clues prevent the audience from directly drawing conclusions and criticizing or praising the characters.
After returning to the village, Viridiana learned that the uncle had hanged himself. It turns out that he is not a lewd stick, but a man with a soul, and his remaining moral makes him apologize with death. At this time, the audience seems to be able to forgive this strange transsexual uncle, but Viridiana did not forgive him. Viridiana's hatred is understandable, but it makes the audience a little uneasy, which does not seem to be in line with the nun's role setting of pity for the world. In later episodes, we can often see that this nun is not a fairy, she has the same hatred and anger in her heart as ordinary people. When the homeless people quarreled, a person said swearing, and the nun did not comfort him and enlighten him, but directly let him go.
This film has been repeating the theme that human nature cannot be redeemed. The uncle's son Jorge bought a dog, thinking he saved it. But immediately there were other carriages still running with the dog. When Viridiana knelt down to pray with the tramp, the scene was interspersed with Jorge leading the workers to work. The director's intention is self-evident, just the comparison of the two scenes of prayer and work will allow the audience to judge for themselves which leads to true happiness.
When the owner left, the homeless man occupied the dining table of the mansion and made a mess of the room. If the audience had a little compassion for the poor person at this time, they were immediately crushed by the director. Audiences who are proud of their lofty morals not only hate these poor people who cannot support the wall, but also doubt their own morals and the great ideal of saving the world.
Jorge's hostility towards homeless people and his playboy style gave him a villain as soon as he appeared. But the adultery between him and the maid seemed so natural and full of humanity. Finally, after being rescued by Jorge, Viridiana took the initiative to walk into Jorge's room. She has always rejected Jorge, but at this time she feels close to him, full of natural emotions full of human nature. But when she saw that the maids were also in the room, the rules of society made them feel extremely embarrassed about the situation of one man and two women. At this point, the audience does not know whether to praise or cast aside.
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