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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 .
From her relationship with Alatriste, she had a daughter, actress Viridiana Alatriste (1963–1982). Viridiana died in a car accident in Mexico City in 1982 at the age of 19. [68] Her third marriage was to rock-and-roll singer and idol Enrique Guzmán. Pinal and Guzmán met when he was a guest on Pinal's television show ¡Ahora Silvia!
Pinal achieved international recognition by starring in a trilogy of films directed by Luis Buñuel: Viridiana (1961), El ángel exterminador (1962) and Simón del desierto (1965). In addition to her film career, Pinal was a pioneer in Mexican musical theatre. [1] She was considered "the last diva" of the Golden Age of Mexican film. [2]
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1961: Patricia mía: Enrique Carreras: Carlos Estrada, Susana Canales, Julio Peña, José Isbert: Romantic comedy: Co-production with Argentina Viridiana: Luis Buñuel: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Lola Gaos: Drama: Mexican production. Palme d'Or winner at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival; banned in Spain until 1977 Ha llegado un ...
The Palme d'Or went to the Une aussi longue absence, directed by Henri Colpi and Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel. [5] The festival opened with Che gioia vivere , directed by René Clément . The festival also screened Shirley Clarke 's debut film The Connection due to the efforts of the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics .
The Long Absence (French: Une aussi longue absence, "Such a long absence") is a 1961 French drama film directed by Henri Colpi. It tells the story of Therese (Alida Valli), a Puteaux café owner mourning the mysterious disappearance of her husband sixteen years earlier. A tramp arrives in the town and she believes him to be her husband.
During the 1940s, Rabal began acting in movies as an extra, but it was not until 1950 that he was first cast in speaking roles, and played romantic leads and rogues. He starred in three films directed by Luis Buñuel - Nazarín (1959), Viridiana (1961) and Belle de jour (1967) - with whom he would develop a lifelong friendship.