4K UHD, Blu-ray Release: Viridiana

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Laurence
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4K UHD, Blu-ray Release Date: March 10, 2026
Price: 4K UHD/Blu-ray Combo $34.99, Blu-ray $37.98
Studio: Criterion Collection

Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican upon its premiere, Luis Buñuel’s  (Belle de jour, That Obscure Object of Desire) 1961 Viridiana, an irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet, is regarded by many as his masterpiece.

In the film, novice nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal, The Exterminating Angel) does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle (Fernando Rey, Illustrious Corpses) and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism.

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, Viridiana is as audacious today as ever.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Interviews with actor Silvia Pinal and film scholar Richard Porton
  • Excerpts from a 1964 episode of Cinéastes de notre temps on director Luis Buñuel’s early career
  • Trailer
  • Plus: An essay by film scholar Michael Wood and an interview with Buñuel
Buy or Rent Viridiana

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Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.