Viridiana

Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican coproduction, directed by Luis Buñuel and produced in Spain by Mexican Gustavo Alatriste. It is loosely based in Halma, a novel by Benito Pérez Galdós. Viridiana was the winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, but it was banned in Spain for sixteen years, due to the condemnation (as "blasphemous") issued by the Vatican.The film focuses on a young novitiate about to take her vows who is told by her Mother Superior that she should visit her uncle, Don Jaime , her only living relative. After some time on his large country estate, he tries to seduce her, believing that she resembles his deceased wife.