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]

The Virgin of Lust
Spanish theatrical release poster
SpanishLa virgen de la lujuria
Directed byArturo Ripstein
Screenplay byPaz Alicia Garciadiego
Based onLa verdadera historia de la muerte de Francisco Franco
by Max Aub
Produced by
  • Mate Cantero
  • Álvaro Garnica
  • Luisa Matienzo
  • Stéphane Sorlat
Starring
CinematographyEsteban de Llaca
Edited byFernando Pardo
Music byLeoncio Lara
Production
companies
  • Mate Production
  • Tusitala PC
  • Iberautor Promociones Culturales
  • Producciones Amaranta
  • Fado Filmes
  • Foprocine
Distributed byLauren Films (es)
Release dates
  • 30 August 2002 (2002-08-30) (Venice)
  • 6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) (Spain)
Running time
2h 31min
Countries
  • Spain
  • Mexico
  • Portugal
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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The 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

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Release

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Distributed by Lauren Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 6 September 2002.[4]

Reception

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Deborah 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e Young, Deborah (2002-09-13). "The Virgin of Lust". Variety. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  3. ^ a b c d Riambau, Esteve (29 May 2008). "La virgen de la lujuria". Fotogramas.
  4. ^ "La virgen de la lujuria · España-Portugal-México 2002". Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ^ Fernández-Santos, Ángel (5 September 2002). "Cumbre coja". El País.
  6. ^ "Fipresci Prize". Fipresci. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
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