The Virgin of Lust (Spanish: La virgen de la lujuria) is a 2002 Spanish-Mexican-Portuguese drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein from a screenplay by Paz Alicia Garciadiego. It is loosely based on Max Aub's story La verdadera historia de la muerte de Francisco Franco (1960).[1]
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| Spanish | La virgen de la lujuria |
| Directed by | Arturo Ripstein |
| Screenplay by | Paz Alicia Garciadiego |
| Based on | La verdadera historia de la muerte de Francisco Franco by Max Aub |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Esteban de Llaca |
| Edited by | Fernando Pardo |
| Music by | Leoncio Lara |
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| Distributed by | Lauren Films (es) |
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Running time | 2h 31min |
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| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editThe film is set in Mexico in the 1940s. Nacho works for tyrannical racist Don Lázaro in the Café Ofelia. He falls in love with Spanish prostitute Lola.[2]
Cast
edit- Luis Felipe Tovar as Nacho Jurado[3]
- Ariadna Gil as Lola[3]
- Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Raquel[2]
- Juan Diego as Gimeno-Mikado[3]
- Julián Pastor as Don Lázaro[2]
- Alberto Estrella as Gardenia Wilson[2]
- Daniel Giménez Cacho as Toledano[3]
Release
editDistributed by Lauren Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 6 September 2002.[4]
Reception
editDeborah Young of Variety considered that patient viewers are rewarded by "a memorable vision of sexual obsession as an everyday matter, paralleled to the devastation wreaked by great movements of history and politics".[2]
Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País considered the film to be "a magnificent direct hit of surreal cinema between the eyes that fascinates and, unfortunately, also makes you dizzy".[5]
Awards
edit- Fipreci Prize at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (2002) [6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sánchez Zapatero, Javier (2012). "Estrategias de adaptación de un relato del exilio republicano español: de La verdadera historia de la muerte de Francisco Franco (Max Aub, 1960) a La virgen de la lujuria (Arturo Ripstein, 2002)". In Rodríguez Pérez, María Pilar (ed.). Exilio y cine. Bilbao: Publicaciones de la Universidad de Deusto. p. 234. ISBN 978-84-9830-364-3.
- ^ a b c d e Young, Deborah (2002-09-13). "The Virgin of Lust". Variety. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- ^ a b c d Riambau, Esteve (29 May 2008). "La virgen de la lujuria". Fotogramas.
- ^ "La virgen de la lujuria · España-Portugal-México 2002". Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (5 September 2002). "Cumbre coja". El País.
- ^ "Fipresci Prize". Fipresci. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
External links
edit- The Virgin of Lust at IMDb
- The Virgin of Lust at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol
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