Etiqueta: Luis Bunuel

… the film centres on a young nun named Viridiana. Before she is allowed to take her final vows, the Mother Superior requests that she visit her uncle Don Jaime, who has selflessly provided for the girl over the years … he sets out to corrupt Viridiana beyond redemption … [box cover note].

Accompanying DVD contains DVD versión remasterizada de Los Olvidados, Luis Buñuel. Incluye final alternativo. Along with the complete original movie, the DVD contains Un Buñuel mexicano = A Mexican Bunuel (a 1997 documentary by Emilio Maille) (56 min. : b&w with col. seq.), an alternate ending to the movie, and a gallery of still photos.

Luis Bunuel lived many lives – surrealist, Spanish Civil War propagandist, hedonist, friend of artists and poets, and filmmaker. Bunuel offers his sometimes scathing opinions on the literati and avante-garde members of his sweeping social circle, including Pablo Picasso, Jorge Luis Borges, Salvador Dali, and Federico Garcia Lorca. These colorful stories of his nomadic life […]