Monday, June 13, 2005

Jamón, jamón

Kinkkua, kinkkua. ES (c) 1992 Lolafilms. P: Andrés Vicente Gómez. D: Bigas Luna. SC: Bigas Luna, Cuca Canals, Quim Monzó. DP: José Luis Alcaine. PD: Gloria Martí-Palanqúes, Pep Olive. M: Nicola Piovani. ED: Teresa Font. Starring: Stefania Sandrelli (Conchita), Anna Galiena (Carmen), Juan Diego (Manuel), Penélope Cruz (Silvia), Javier Bardem (Raul), Jordi Mollà (Jose Luis). This print 95'. A beautiful used vintage all-photochemical print without subtitles. Print check viewing at Orion, Helsinki, 13 June 2005. In this film Bigas Luna found his style of absurd, comic sex drama. Silvia is dating Jose Luis the nerdy inheritor of an underwear company. His love-starved mother sends Raul the underwear model to woo Silvia but falls herself to his charms while Jose Luis frequents the bordello owned by Silvia's mother. It ends with a mortal duel with dried hams. Full of outrageously sexual images, oozing with sensuality, very beautifully photographed.

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