Viridiana
- Mon, Jan 19
- Tue, Jan 20
- Wed, Jan 21
- Thu, Jan 22
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Luis Buñuel Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 1962 Language: Spanish
Starring: Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano, Silvia Pinal
Banned in Francisco Franco’s Spain and denounced by the Vatican upon its premiere, Luis Buñuel’s irreverent Virdiana is coming to The Frida Cinema in a brand new 4K restoration!
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, Viridiana is as audacious today as ever.