La mujer del ministro (1981)

Directed by

Eloy de la Iglesia

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Mexico, Spain

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

S

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During Spain's transition to democracy, a government minister's wife becomes entangled in a web of terrorism, political corruption, and forbidden sexuality. The story follows her involvement with a lesbian lover amid dangerous scheming and shifting loyalties.

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What happens

La mujer del ministro (The Minister’s Wife) is a 1981 Spanish-Mexican film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and starring Manuel Torres, Simón Andreu and Amparo Muñoz. The complex plot mixes terrorism, politics, corruption and sex in the convoluted politic environment during the so-called Spanish Transition. The film is notable for its lesbian subplot. It was classified S as pornographic for a nude scene in a sauna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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