Javier lives with his mother in a modest apartment. He conducts surveys on the effectiveness of ads. This work provides a humble earning for the two of them. One day he meets Juna at a bus stop. He tries to ask her out, but she refuses. A few days later, they meet again. Slowly a relationship develops, but her plan is to marry someone rich. Javier's wealthy uncle included him in his testament, so Juna talks Javier into killing the uncle.
Direction
Bardem's claustrophobic framing traps you with Javier
Acting
Marisol's transformation from pop star to femme fatale
Cinematography
Madrid's gray streets as moral decay
Director
Juan Antonio Bardem
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Spain's late Franco era, the film's suffocating atmosphere mirrors political repression. Bardem was a communist who'd been imprisoned.
Marisol was Spain's biggest teen pop sensation; casting her as a scheming seductress shocked audiences. Murray Head had just starred in Sunday Bloody Sunday.
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