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MPAA Rating - NR

Length:
    140 Minutes

Genre:
    Drama

Original Release Date:
    Feb 15, 2005

Director
    Arturo Ripstein

Cast
    Luis Felipe Tovar, Ariadna Gil, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Juan Diego, Julian Pastor

 
Movie Summary
Legendary Mexican director Arturo Ripstein explores the mundane and sexual obsession in 1940s Mexico in his 2002 film The Virgin of Lust. Introverted Ignacio Nacho Jurado (Luis Felipe Tovar) spends his days waiting tables at the Cafe Ofelia and his nights amongst his voluminous porno collection. His world is turned upside-down when a prostitute named Lola (Ariadne Gil) begins hanging out at the cafe. Nacho is immediately smitten with the whore, but Lolas mind is focused on a very brutish wrestler wholl have nothing to do with her. Lola, a natural sadist, recognizes Nachos penchant for being dominated and she begins to fully exploit this chance to unleash her cruelty on a willing recipient. As the relationship settles into its regular perverseness, Nacho is presented with what he sees as an opportunity to capture Lolas heart completely -- to become a macho revolutionary hero by assassinating Francisco Franco. The Virgin of Lust was chosen for inclusion into the Upstream program at the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival, winning a Special Mention prize from that programs jury. ~ Ryan Shriver, All Movie Guide


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