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Peppermint Frappé (1967)

Peppermint Frappé poster
Original title
Peppermint frappé
Directed by
Carlos Saura
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
12
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes fixated on the wife of an old friend. He mistakes her for a drummer he once loved, and pursues her despite repeated rejections.

tenseobsessiveunsettlingslow-burnpsychologically intensemelancholicvisually restrainedeerie

What happens

Peppermint Frappé is a 1967 Spanish psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin, José Luis López Vázquez and Alfredo Mayo. The story centers on a man who becomes obsessed with the wife of an old friend, believing her to be a mysterious drummer that he once fell in love with at a festival. He pursues her only to be rebuffed multiple times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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