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Viridiana /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: VIR040 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Spanish, French Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 332.Publisher: [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9780780030626
  • 0780030621
Uniform titles:
  • Viridiana (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.A2 C75 v. 332
  • PN1997 .V57 2006
NLM classification:
  • VIR040
Other classification:
  • AP 51060
  • IQ 13255
Online resources:
Contents:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer; new video interviews with actress Silvia Pinal and author Richard Porton; excerpt on Buñuel's early career from a 1964 episode of Cinéastes de notre temps ; U.S. theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation. -- Accompanying booklet (27 p.) includes an essay by Michael Wood and an interview with Buñuel, conducted by José de la Colina and Tomás Pérez Turrent.
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, José F. Aguayo ; editing by Pedro Del Rey ; musical direction, Gustavo Pitaluga.
Awards:
  • Winner of the Palme d'or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Jose Calvo, Margarita Lozano, José Manuel Martín, Victoria Zinny, Luis Heredia, Joaquín Roa, Lola Gaos, Maruja Isbert, Teresita Rabal.Summary: "Novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism"--Container.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02791 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050276102

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.

Booklet includes an essay by author Michael Wood ("The human comedy") and an interview with Buñuel ("The return to Spain", conducted by José de la Colina and Tomás Pérez Turrent for their book "Objects of desire : conversations with Luis Buñuel", edited and translated into English by Paul Lenti).

Special features: interview with Pinal (conducted by Carlos Gutiérrez & Kim Hendrickson, in Spanish with English subtitles, 14 min., 2006); excerpts from an episode of the television program "Cinéastes de notre temps" on Buñuel (1964-04-04, in French with English subtitles, b & w, 37 min.); interview with author Richard Porton (in English, 13 min., 2006); U.S. theatrical trailer (2 min.).

Legal deposit: M. 4364-1961.

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; new video interviews with actress Silvia Pinal and author Richard Porton; excerpt on Buñuel's early career from a 1964 episode of Cinéastes de notre temps ; U.S. theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation. -- Accompanying booklet (27 p.) includes an essay by Michael Wood and an interview with Buñuel, conducted by José de la Colina and Tomás Pérez Turrent.

DVD format; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; enhanced for 16:9 televisions.

In Spanish, with optional English subtitles; some special features in French with English subtitles.

Winner of the Palme d'or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.

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