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Auction History Result 9j461 VIRIDIANA 2-sided German '61 Luis Bunuel, cool different art of Silvia Pinal as nun! Date Sold 1/5/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Two-Sided German "A1" Movie Poster (measures approximately 23" x 33") (Learn More) Viridiana, the 1961 (released in the U.S. in 1962) Luis Bunuel Mexican/Spanish religious Catholic church nun romantic melodrama ("We've got nothing to hide..."; "You may not like Viridiana. You may very well hate it. You may find it too shocking. But this, we guarantee... Viridiana will strike your senses like nothing else you have seen in a theatre!"; about a nun that opens up a house for the unfortunate, but the people she helps don't turn out to be very grateful; the film was the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner) starring Silvia Pinal (in the title role as Viridiana), Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Jose Calvo, and Margarita Lozano. Note that Bunuel was invited back to Spain to make this film after decades of working abroad. The script was approved by the Spanish authorities with a few minor changes, but they had no opportunity to view the finished film before it played at the Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d'Or. It was quickly denounced by the Vatican and banned in Spain for 17 years! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster is double-sided, but not in the regular way. There is a completely different full-color image on each side of the poster. We have provided an image of each side, and please realize that the winner of this auction will receive ONE poster! We do not know why this was done, and we have only ever seen it on one or two other posters. Perhaps they intended to give the theater the choice of which poster they would display! Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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