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Viridiana

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Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish and Mexican co-production directed by Luis Bunuel. It follows a young novice preparing to take her vows who visits her reclusive uncle, and after he assaults her and then takes his own life, inherits his estate and tries to use it to help a group of impoverished people, whose presence in the house instead brings chaos and moral transgression. The film was a co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival and has since been voted the best Spanish film of all time in a poll by the magazine Caiman Cuadernos de Cine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Original Language
Spanish 1
Award
Palme d'Or 2
Release Year
1961 1
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Luis Bunuel, Figures
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1. Viridiana (Wikipedia)
  • Viridiana, Description, original language
    The film was a co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival and has since been voted the best Spanish film of all time in a poll by the magazine Caiman Cuadernos de Cine.
  • Article lead sentence
    Viridiana (pronounced [biɾiˈðjana]) is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican surrealist comedy-drama film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Gustavo Alatriste.
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2. Viridiana (Wikidata)
Wikidata P166: Palme d'Or
Quote, Wikidata P166: Palme d'Or
Wikidata P166 (award received): Palme d'Or.
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