Palmira Guerra as "La Jardinera" ("The Gardener"), who gardens (uncredited).Joaquin Mayol as Paco, who used to weave (uncredited).Milagros Tomás as Refugio, who is pregnant (uncredited).Juan García Tiendra as José "El Leproso" ("The Leper"), who has sores on his left forearm (uncredited).María Isbert (credited as Maruja Isbert) as a woman who plays the guitar.Lola Gaos as Enedina, who has two small daughters and cooks.Joaquín Roa as Don Zequiel, a short, elderly man with a white beard.Luis Heredia as Manuel "El Poca" ("The Little"), an elderly man who is short and thin.José Manuel Martín as "El Cojo" ("The Lame"), who has a bandaged foot and paints.José María Lado as the mayor (uncredited).Manuel Alexandre as the peasant from whom Jorge buys a dog (uncredited).Alfonso Cordón as Ramón, the foreman of the crew Jorge hires to fix up the estate (uncredited).Francisco René as Moncho, the caretaker at Don Jaime's estate (uncredited).Rosita Yarza as the mother superior at Viridiana's convent (uncredited).Teresita Rabal as Rita, Ramona's young daughter.Victoria Zinny as Lucía, Jorge's girlfriend.Margarita Lozano as Ramona, Don Jaime's maid.Fernando Rey as Don Jaime, the widow of Viridiana's aunt.Francisco Rabal as Jorge, Don Jaime's illegitimate son.The released version of the film ends with Jorge saying: "You know, the first time I saw you, I thought, 'My cousin and I will end up shuffling the deck together.'" A new ending was written and accepted that, according to some film historians, is even more debauched, if less explicit, than the first, as it implies a ménage à trois consisting of Jorge, Ramona, and Viridiana. The Spanish board of censors rejected the original ending of the film, which depicted Viridiana entering Jorge's room and slowly closing the door behind her. The police arrive, fetched by Ramona.Ī few nights later Ramona and Jorge are playing cards in his bedroom to hit music when they see Viridiana and he asks her in to make up a threesome. As the other waits his turn, Jorge persuades him with cash to kill the rapist. When the owners return, most of the beggars flee but two of the men capture Jorge and Viridiana, tying him up while one starts raping Viridiana at knife-point. Initially they just pry and pocket things but then decide to stage a banquet, complete with group photograph to the sound of the Hallelujah Chorus in a parody of The Last Supper, which descends into a drunken orgy of sex and destruction. One night when Jorge and Viridiana have gone to town on business with Ramona, the beggars break into the mansion. Bored by rustic isolation and jealous of Viridiana, who Jorge would like to add to his conquests, Lucía leaves. Jorge arrives with Lucía, a girl friend, and throws himself into renovating the neglected land and buildings, as well as starting a clandestine relationship with Ramona.
Don Jaime has hung himself from a tree, leaving a will that divides his assets between Viridiana and an illegitimate son named Jorge.ĭeciding that she cannot now live as a nun, Viridiana resolves instead to help those in need and collects vagrants, who she houses and feeds in the outbuildings. Although he calls out that it was a lie and begs her to stay, she is waiting at a bus stop when the police find her and take her back to the mansion. In the morning he says that she cannot now return to the convent because she is no longer a virgin, but she packs her things and flees. After drugging her coffee, he carries her to the bed and is about to rape her when he regains control of himself. On her last night there, Don Jaime reveals that his wife (who looked exactly like Viridiana) died in their bed on their wedding night and begs Viridiana to wear the wedding dress and veil that he has lovingly preserved. This is Don Jaime, a recluse with a decaying mansion and estate who is looked after by a servant named Ramona. In a 2016 poll of 350 experts organized by Spanish film magazine Caimán Cuadernos de Cine, it was voted the best Spanish film of all time, with 227 votes.īefore taking her final vows as a nun, Viridiana is told to pay a visit to her only living relative, an uncle who paid for her education and upkeep.
The film was the co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. It is loosely based on the 1895 novel Halma by Benito Pérez Galdós. Viridiana ( pronounced ) is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Gustavo Alatriste.
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