SUN JAN 8, 2023 1:00 PM Ruben Östlund Presents VIRIDIANA $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by filmmaker Ruben Östlund ‘Sunday Print Edition’ Series also part of ‘Set Sail with Ruben Östlund: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: One of director Luis Buñuel’s most brilliant, scandalous films was banned in his homeland of Spain and almost got him arrested in Milan. A novice nun (Silvia Pinal) finds herself corrupted by her spectacularly nefarious uncle, Fernando Rey – until she turns the tables on her tio by installing a group of beggars and lepers in his rural mansion. Buñuel gradually, mischievously weaves a web of contradictory impulses: Faith, charity and selflessness become inextricably bound up with lust, hypocrisy and greed in the schizophrenic universe of Old World Catholicism. With longtime Buñuel friend Francisco Rabal. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films