Jamon Jamon (Ham, Ham)

Jamon Jamon (Ham, Ham) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
J.J. Bigas Luna

Written By:
Cuca Canals
J.J. Bigas Luna

Actors:
Anna Galiena ..... Carmen, Silvia's Mother
Armando del Río ..... Jose Luis' Friend
Chema Mazo ..... Silvia's Father
Diana Sassen ..... Silvia's Friend
Isabel de Castro Oros ..... Silvia's Sister
Javier Bardem ..... Raul
Jordi Mollà ..... Jose Luis
Juan Diego ..... Manuel, Jose Luis' Father
María Reniu ..... Girl in Puticlub
Marianne Hermitte ..... Girl in Puticlub
Nadia Godoy ..... Singer in Puticlub
Nazaret Callao ..... Silvia's Sister
Penelope Cruz ..... Silvia
Stefania Sandrelli ..... Conchita, Jose Luis' Mother
Tomás Martín ..... Raul's Friend (as Tomas Penco)

Synopsis:

Class, sex, and food are the obsessions of this Spanish comedy drama, an international hit from writer and director J.J. Bigas Luna that plays like a cross between the lusty Like Water for Chocolate (1992) and the early work of Pedro Almodovar. In a small town in Spain's arid Monegros region, young underwear factory executive Jose Luis (Jordi Molla) falls in love with the beautiful Silvia (Penelope Cruz), a worker on the shop floor. When Silvia becomes pregnant, Jose Luis wants to marry her, but his mother Conchita (Stefania Sandrelli), the factory owner, is appalled by the thought of her son marrying a working-class girl, especially one who is the daughter of a prostitute, Carmen (Anna Galiena). So Conchita hatches a scheme to woo Silvia away from her son by hiring handsome model Raul (Javier Bardem) to seduce the girl. A ham factory employee with aspirations to become a bullfighter, Raul's charms work their magic on both Silvia and Conchita, much to the dismay of Jose Luis, who seeks comfort in the arms of his sometime lover, Carmen. Jamon Jamon (1992) was the winner of a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Jose's overbearing mother Conchita (Stefania Sandrelli) fears her son will marry the daughter of a scarlet woman and takes action... she hires sexy, young Raul, (Javier Bardem, star of Before Night Falls) who works in the ham-factory and enjoys nude bullfighting, to seduce Silvia.
That' s when the passion and fun really heats up. A sensuous comedy that uses food as a sexual metaphor where breasts taste of ham and where a duel to the death is with a side of bacon!

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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