Viridiana (1961)
The film won the Palme d'Or at the 14th Cannes Film Festival in 1961.
The film tells the story of a nun who abandoned her faith after coming into contact with reality. The heroine is a nun who, before confirmation, was ordered by the abbot to visit an uncle who was not close. The uncle treats the heroine very well, and because the heroine is very similar to his dead wife, he asks her to stay. The heroine refused, and the uncle had to use drugs to fascinate her and pretend to rape her. But the heroine still refused to stay, and her uncle finally committed suicide. After the uncle died, he left part of the inheritance to the heroine, and the heroine could no longer return to the monastery. Afterwards, the heroine took in more than a dozen homeless people and provided them with shelter and things. After that, the uncle's only son, the hero, returned home and began to build and transform the land. During this period, the heroine and the hero did not get along well. One day, the whole family went to see the lawyer, including the servants. So, the homeless people who stayed at home entered the rooms of the masters, ate and drank and made a scene. After the family came back, a homeless man knocked out the hero and tied it up, and another man wanted to rape the heroine. A homeless man, whom the hero Ji Zhongshengzhi bought with money, killed the person who was going to rape the heroine. Afterwards, the police called by the servants arrived to rescue them. In the end, the heroine lost faith in religion, put on her clothes and came to the hero's house, where she met the servant who had an ambiguous relationship with the hero, and the three of them played cards.
This is another film that attacks religion. The plot of the film is absurd but realistic. Through the process of a woman facing the secular society, it shows the unrealistic religious beliefs and the transformation of a devout believer. Simply put, it is a sarcastic and mocking film about religion, telling the audience that "religion" is flashy and how powerless it is in the face of the ugliness of human nature. This is the theme that this film is going to express. It is not particularly esoteric, so I will not say more.
The interesting thing about this film is that the plot is a little out of reality, but it also reflects some very deep real human nature, which is very unique. At the beginning of the film, after the heroine left the monastery, she embarked on a "road of no return". She was first kept by her uncle, and then she was pretended to be raped. After her uncle committed suicide, she was left in the city, and finally she was taken in by herself. Homeless rape. What a disaster for the heroine! As you can see from this series of stories, what she has experienced is not in line with reality. For example, the heroine is forced to wear a wedding dress by her uncle, she is fascinated, and she stays at her uncle's house to take in homeless people, all of which will not happen in the real world. Who will marry their relatives? Which man is so stupid that he will commit suicide if he can't marry his relatives? Even if the homeless were wanton mischief afterwards, they wouldn't be stupid enough to kill for money. All in all, the story of this movie is bizarre and out of touch with reality. However, these absurd plots attracted me to finish the film in one breath, only the unconventional stories can attract me!
As for the human nature of the film, it is superficial. For example, when the hero saves the puppy, he will only save what he sees, and he won't pay attention if he can't see the wine; another example, when the heroine rescues the homeless, she only saves these dozen people, she is just "a drop in the bucket" , is the same as that of the male protagonist. Those vagabonds represent the people at the bottom and reveal the ugliness of human nature, such as greed, indulgence, vanity and so on. It can be said that derogatory terms describing human nature can be applied to these people. Therefore, these tramps reflect the reality of the real world, which is completely different from the religious world of the heroine. Because of all this, after the heroine's uncle's forced marriage, deceit, rape and nonsense by homeless people, this devout, "fairy" woman finally bowed her head to the secular society and no longer believes in "God" .
The filming is very delicate. The luxurious sets, the beautiful nun clothes of the heroine, as well as the excellent graphics, bright light, and the music that fits the plot, all make the movie look very comfortable. Of course, there is also a scene that has to be mentioned, that is, the funny scene in the film-the Last Supper, from the shape to the decoration, is very similar to the scene in Leonardo da Vinci's painting, and thoroughly mocked Jesus once. If there was a god, he'd probably go mad when he saw this movie. All in all, the director of this film has outstanding talent, and the exquisite and ingenious filming of the film is admirable!
None of the actors in this film have ever been famous. The heroine, Silvia Pinal, is beautiful, and her blonde hair is very sexy. She is really a stunner. It's amazing that such a beautiful woman was born in Mexico! It turns out that Mexico also produces blonde beauties. There is very little information on other actors online, so I won't say much. However, the actors who play the homeless are ugly enough, and people have to admire the casting of this film. It is not easy to choose so many ugly men and women.
in conclusion. A good-looking and interesting movie, and it thoroughly rubbed off on religion for a while. It is a good movie and worth watching.
Silvia Pinal
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Viridiana.Viridiana.1961.D9.MiniSD-TLF
2012-09-08
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