“It is the best-made martianada I have seen in a long time” Guillermo del Toro
Azucena (Mercedes Ortega) leads an unhappy life and feels an aversion to sex. Due to a violent breakup with her boyfriend and an attempted rape by a famous artist obsessed with her, the girl seeks refuge in a nightclub.
There she will find true love in Narciso (Gustavo Salmerón), a transvestite and striptease dancer, whom she will try to free from the sadomasochistic abuse of his parents.
In 1996 it premiered in Sitges as one of the most controversial (and great) films in modern Spanish cinema. Detested by critics but cheered and defended with a knife by Quentin Tarantino himself, it finally won the Best Screenplay Award and a Special Mention from the competition's Jury, made up of personalities such as Ken Russell, Ana Torrent, Jonathan Coe and Jörg Buttgereit and Above all, the affection and memory of an audience as select as that of the Sitges Festival.
* Only on Blu-ray: * Rediscover this cursed and cult film, supervised and restored in 4K by the director himself, in this collector's edition for the first time in HD and with more than 6 hours of additional bonus material.
https://dvdstorespain.es/en/films/110034-fotos-dvd--8429987390379.html110034Fotos [DVD]<p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;" xml:lang="ca" lang="ca">Synopsis:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;">“It is the best-made martianada I have seen in a long time” Guillermo del Toro</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;">Azucena (Mercedes Ortega) leads an unhappy life and feels an aversion to sex. Due to a violent breakup with her boyfriend and an attempted rape by a famous artist obsessed with her, the girl seeks refuge in a nightclub.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;">There she will find true love in Narciso (Gustavo Salmerón), a transvestite and striptease dancer, whom she will try to free from the sadomasochistic abuse of his parents.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;">In 1996 it premiered in Sitges as one of the most controversial (and great) films in modern Spanish cinema. Detested by critics but cheered and defended with a knife by Quentin Tarantino himself, it finally won the Best Screenplay Award and a Special Mention from the competition's Jury, made up of personalities such as Ken Russell, Ana Torrent, Jonathan Coe and Jörg Buttgereit and Above all, the affection and memory of an audience as select as that of the Sitges Festival.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;">* Only on Blu-ray: * Rediscover this cursed and cult film, supervised and restored in 4K by the director himself, in this collector's edition for the first time in HD and with more than 6 hours of additional bonus material.</span></p>https://dvdstorespain.es/623252-home_default/fotos-dvd-.jpg9.595instock9.5959.595002023-06-18T01:35:53+0200/Start/Start/DVD/Start/Films/Start/New/Start/DVD
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“It is the best-made martianada I have seen in a long time” Guillermo del Toro
Azucena (Mercedes Ortega) leads an unhappy life and feels an aversion to sex. Due to a violent breakup with her boyfriend and an attempted rape by a famous artist obsessed with her, the girl seeks refuge in a nightclub.
There she will find true love in Narciso (Gustavo Salmerón), a transvestite and striptease dancer, whom she will try to free from the sadomasochistic abuse of his parents.
In 1996 it premiered in Sitges as one of the most controversial (and great) films in modern Spanish cinema. Detested by critics but cheered and defended with a knife by Quentin Tarantino himself, it finally won the Best Screenplay Award and a Special Mention from the competition's Jury, made up of personalities such as Ken Russell, Ana Torrent, Jonathan Coe and Jörg Buttgereit and Above all, the affection and memory of an audience as select as that of the Sitges Festival.
* Only on Blu-ray: * Rediscover this cursed and cult film, supervised and restored in 4K by the director himself, in this collector's edition for the first time in HD and with more than 6 hours of additional bonus material.