A shy and romantic girl of sixteen spends the summer holiday in a lavish mansion with her widowed mother.
Cinematography
Hazy Spanish summer light that feels like a fever dream.
Acting
Lynne Frederick's trembling vulnerability is genuinely heartbreaking.
Director
Francisco Lara Polop
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lynne Frederick was only 19 and already divorced from Peter Sellers; this was her attempt at serious European cinema before becoming a cult horror queen.
Made during Spain's transition from Francoism, the film's decadent aristocrats can be read as the old guard consuming itself while a new generation watches, horrified.
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