A middle-aged doctor lusts after his ex-lover's flamenco-dancing daughter — Spain, 1969, no shame.
David (Mark Stevens) is a physician who returns to Spain 30 years after his involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Now a member of a medical convention, he looks up old friends and finds his former lover, now a married woman with a flamenco-dancing daughter. He and the daughter (Manuela Vargas) have an immediate and mutual attraction to each other. He considers running away with the exotic beauty before asking his wife to join him for an extended vacation after the convention .
Cinematography
Glorious Spanish locations that judge the characters.
Acting
Manuela Vargas's smoldering screen presence.
Director
Jaime Camino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Franco's final years, the film uses the Civil War as personal backstory rather than political reckoning — typical of Spanish cinema's negotiated memory.
Manuela Vargas was a legendary flamenco dancer, not an actress; this was her only major film role, making her performance essentially autobiographical.
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