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The Virgin of Lust

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In 1940s Veracruz, Mexico, sex and political unrest drive ordinary waiter Nacho (Luis Felipe Tovar) to the edges of insanity. While working at a popular café, Nacho becomes obsessed with a self-destructive prostitute named Lola (Ariadna Gil), and will do anything to win her heart. Unfortunately, Lola cares only for her Mexican wrestler lover (Alberto Estrella) and the assassination of dictator Francisco Franco. Despite warnings from others, Nacho cannot resist Lola and begins losing his mind.

Critics Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/19/2005
B-
Highly stylized. Go to Full Review
Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com 05/14/2003
4/4
[At times] almost stage bound, but perhaps that's because it's better than most homage at being faithful to the material that inspired it. Go to Full Review
Arthur Lazere culturevulture.net 04/29/2003
A grandly-scaled allegory that is at once fascinating, captivating, and utterly audacious Go to Full Review
Alex Ramirez Cinenganos 10/22/2002
Seor Ripstein: vaya presuncin y auto-complacencia! qu vergenza de cinta!, qu psimo logro!... Go to Full Review
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11/04/2011 no esta muy buena que digamos See more 06/05/2011 Very personal work from one of Mexico's finest director. Good production values and good performances from all the cast. See more 11/02/2010 (* 1/2): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] Too long and quite boring. I was also scratching my head quite a bit because I felt confused and in addition, it was a strangely structured film. See more 09/03/2010 Hot whore has great legs but no heart. There is a lot of foot-licking, but things never get very steamy. Mostly revolutionaries talk and burst into odd musical interludes, The Mikado, mostly. The style seems a bit intriguing in the beginning, but the sex/politics allegory never really grabbed me. See more 03/05/2009 The profane example "de passion" at the eve of the new century.A showcasing performance for Gil,Ripstein's possibly final so far artistic masochism,damn,there are references to wrestling and Franco altogether!Crazy innuendos but the result is quite extraordinary. See more 12/16/2007 Amazing shots. The lighting was superb but the sets became a bit repetitive after 30 minutes. The story was interesting but the dialogues a bit too long to the point of having to fastforward a bit so I could still look at the picture without having to hear the sometimes boring dialogues. I didn't get the singing in the middle of the dialogues. It didn't strike me as a musical. Ripstein is a master of cinematography but his movies are sometimeas heavy. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 1940s Veracruz, Mexico, sex and political unrest drive ordinary waiter Nacho (Luis Felipe Tovar) to the edges of insanity. While working at a popular café, Nacho becomes obsessed with a self-destructive prostitute named Lola (Ariadna Gil), and will do anything to win her heart. Unfortunately, Lola cares only for her Mexican wrestler lover (Alberto Estrella) and the assassination of dictator Francisco Franco. Despite warnings from others, Nacho cannot resist Lola and begins losing his mind.
Director
Arturo Ripstein
Producer
Mate Cantero, Luisa Matienzo, Stéphane Sorlat, Álvaro Garnica
Screenwriter
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Production Co
Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE), Fado Filmes
Genre
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 15, 2005
Runtime
2h 20m