What seemed like a naive adventure of love becomes a tragedy, since our protagonist Javier, being seduced by young friends of his uncle, discover a hidden plot: "The Oedipus complex". This trauma leads Javier to cause an accident in which his mother's lover dies and unfortunately herself. But the tragedy will continue.
Acting
Vicente Parra's sweaty descent into unhinged obsession
Direction
Guevara's gleeful exploitation of every taboo
Director
Enrique Guevara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Spain's destape movement—post-Franco cinema rushing to exploit newly legal nudity and transgression.
The Oedipus complex isn't subtext—it's literally shouted in dialogue, because subtlety died screaming in 1979.
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