The Virgin of Lust (2006)
- Original title
- La virgen de la lujuria
- Directed by
- Arturo Ripstein
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 2h 31m
- Rated
- C
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 138 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1940s Mexico, a Kabuki actor falls for a waitress who is pursued by a dangerous man. Their lives intersect with a dwarf who runs a puppet show and a woman haunted by her past.
melancholicslow-burnvisually lushunsettlingatmosphericdarkly comiccerebralbleak
What happens
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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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