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Viridiana (pronounced [biɾiˈðjana]) is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican surrealist [1] comedy-drama film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Gustavo Alatriste. [2] It is loosely based on the 1895 novel Halma by Benito Pérez Galdós .
Viridiana (Spanish, Portuguese, Latin), Viridianne (French, English), Verdiana is a female given name of Latin origin as well as the name of an Italian saint. Origin ...
She was canonized by Pope Clement VII in 1533. Her feast day is 1 February. Verdiana is the patron saint of Castelfiorentino. [4]The structure of the Santuario di Santa Verdiana in Castelfiorentino incorporates the pre-existing Oratory of Sant'Antonio and the cell that welcomed the saint in the last thirty-four years of her life.
Film critic Nathan Rabin coined the term in 2007 in his review of the 2005 film Elizabethtown for The A.V. Club.In discussing Kirsten Dunst's character, he said "Dunst embodies a character type I like to call The Manic Pixie Dream Girl", a character who "exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its ...