Something Bitter in the Mouth (Spanish: Algo amargo en la boca) is a 1969 Spanish film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. It is a blend of psychological thriller, erotic-intimist melodrama and sociopolitical parable.[1]
| Something Bitter in the Mouth | |
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| Spanish | Algo amargo en la boca |
| Directed by | Eloy de la Iglesia |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editCésar becomes the object of sexual desire of three women (Clementina, Aurelia and Ana) for different reasons.[2][3]
Cast
edit- Juan Diego as César[4]
- Irene Daina as Clementina[5]
- Maruchi Fresno as Aurelia[5]
- Verónica Luján as Ana[5]
- Javier de Campos as Jacobo[6]
Production
editThe film had issues with Francoist censorship,[7] primarily involving the script rather than the finished cut.[8] They prevented the film from the denouement featured in the original script, with the three women killing César, as the executioner ended up being the mentally-retarded servant Jacobo.[6] The final script was penned by Eloy de la Iglesia with the collaboration of Ana Diosdado (uncredited).[8]
Release
editThe film was theatrically released in Barcelona in 1969.[8] It opened in the Spanish capital in 1972, after the success of De la Iglesia's The Glass Ceiling.[8]
Reception
editFernando Morales of El País described the film as "a personal and murky melodrama, full of morbidity, which had good manners", yet also "greatly diminished by the [censorship] issues".[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ López Sangüesa, José Luis (2015). "Cine policíaco del tardofranquismo: el thriller en el "período oscuro" del cine español (1969-1975". Documentación de las Ciencias de la Información. 38. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense: 278.
- ^ Casas, Quim (10 August 2018). "Eloy de la Iglesia, mucho más que cine quinqui". Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Gómez Méndez, Carlos Alberto (2015). Eloy de la Iglesia. Cine y cambio político. Discursos del disenso del franquismo a la post-transición. Getafe: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. p. 47.
- ^ Lázaro-Reboll, Antonio (2017). "Sexual horror Stories: The Eroticisation of Spanish Horror Film (1969−1975)". In Fouz-Hernández, Santiago (ed.). Spanish Erotic Cinema. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4744-0047-3.
- ^ a b c Lázaro-Reboll 2017, p. 79.
- ^ a b Lázaro-Reboll 2017, p. 80.
- ^ Ligero, Manuel (28 April 2022). "Muere Juan Diego, monstruo del cine español". La Marea.
- ^ a b c d Gómez Méndez 2015, p. 47.
- ^ Morales, Fernando (16 July 1996). "Algo amargo en la boca". El País.