The Red Virgin (2024)

Original title

La virgen roja

Directed by

Paula Ortiz

Genre

biographical drama film, historical film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

16

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 179 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A child prodigy becomes a leading voice on female sexuality and sexual revolution in the Second Spanish Republic. Her obsessive mother keeps her under a tight grip, creating a tortuous relationship between them.

tenseclaustrophobicdramaticpsychologicalperioddarkunsettlingslow-burn

What happens

The Red Virgin (Spanish: La virgen roja) is a 2024 biographical drama film directed by Paula Ortiz from a screenplay by Eduard Sola and Clara Roquet. It stars Najwa Nimri and Alba Planas as respectively Aurora and Hildegart Rodríguez. Set during the Second Spanish Republic and based on a real-life story, the plot follows the tortuous relationship between a child prodigy, pundit on female sexuality and lodestar of sexual revolution (Planas) and her obsessive mother (Nimri), who groomed her and keeps her under a tight grip. Patrick Criado, Aixa Villagrán, and Pepe Viyuela appear in supporting roles. The film is a United States-Spain co-production by Amazon MGM Studios alongside Elastica Films and Avalon PC. It world premiered at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 22 September 2024, ahead of its 27 September 2024 theatrical release in Spain by Elastica. It was nominated for nine Goya Awards (including Best Director). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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