A 1974 Spanish melodrama so extra it makes telenovelas look restrained. Ornella Muti's cheekbones carry this.
A young woman was seduced by a high positioned official who is married but when she falls in love with a young man she tries to break the other relationship...
Acting
Ornella Muti's face does 80% of the storytelling.
Costume
1974 fashion that screams 'expensive mistress energy'.
Director
Francisco Lara Polop
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Spain's late-Franco period, the film's sexual frankness pushed against censorship while still moralizing about 'fallen women' in classic Catholic guilt fashion.
Ornella Muti was reportedly cast after Polop saw her in a commercial; she was 19 and this helped launch her as a European sex symbol despite the film's mixed reception.
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