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A virgin pastry chef inherits a brothel. Catholic guilt has never been this delicious.
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A Chaste Spanish Man (1973)

Franco-era saucyexistential hornyMadrid melancholy

Overview

ComedyDrama

Don Santiago, a forty-year-old owner of a pastry shop in Madrid de los Austrias, receives surprising news: a woman, in fact his real mother, leaves him with a brothel in England.

Flag of ESESSpanish
Content warning
sex comedy

Standout Aspects

Acting

López Vázquez balances pathetic and pathetic-er perfectly

Direction

Armiñán sneaks social commentary past censors like a pro

Production

Madrid de los Austrias vs. seedy England: two worlds, one repressed man

Best for:Solo: Midnight existential crisis with wine and churros·Date Night: Test if they laugh at Catholic guilt jokes·Rewatch: Catch all the Franco-era censorship dodges
Heads up:Sexual Content: 1973 Spanish sex comedy—tame by today's standards, awkward for family·Triggers: Oedipal undertones with the mother-brothel inheritance
Jaime de Armiñán

Director

Jaime de Armiñán

ReleasedOct 29, 1973
Runtime1h 36m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas

Top Cast

José Luis López Vázquez

José Luis López Vázquez

Santiago

Esperanza Roy

Esperanza Roy

Inés

Mirta Miller

Mirta Miller

Norma

Patty Shepard

Patty Shepard

Verónica

Teresa Rabal

Teresa Rabal

Esther

María Isbert

María Isbert

Sirvienta

María Francés

María Francés

Doña Celia

Eduardo Calvo

Eduardo Calvo

Cliente

Mara Goyanes

Mara Goyanes

Prostituta

Saturno Cerra

Saturno Cerra

Miguel del Castillo

Miguel del Castillo

Alberto Fernández

Alberto Fernández

Recepcionista Hotel Universal

Javier de Rivera

Javier de Rivera

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Deep Dive

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Cultural

Made during late Francoism, the film had to tiptoe around censors while winking at Spanish Catholic repression.

Insight

López Vázquez specialized in sad, sexually frustrated middle-aged men—this is basically his brand.

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