Torremolinos 73 (2003) ( Torremolinos Seventy Three )

Torremolinos 73 (2003) (DVD) (*)

$30.99

Alternate Title: Torremolinos Seventy Three
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Goya Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
88 min + 73 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Pablo Berger

Written By:
Pablo Berger

Actors:
Javier Cámara ..... Alfredo
Candela Peña ..... Carmen
Juan Diego ..... Don Carlos
Fernando Tejero ..... Juan Luis
Mads Mikkelsen ..... Magnus
Malena Alterio ..... Vanessa
Ramón Barea ..... José Carlos Romerales
Tom Jacobsen ..... Erik
Mari-Anne Jespersen ..... Frida
Bjarne Henriksen ..... Lauritz
Nuria González ..... Señora de Romerales
Mariví Bilbao ..... Señora de Anasagasti
Germán Montaner ..... Sr. Anasagasti
Jaime Blanch ..... Ginecólogo
Máximo Valverde ..... Himself

Synopsis:

Alfredo Lopez is a tired encyclopedia salesman, and Carmen is his faithful wife. The lives of this married couple change forever when the Montoya publishing house, in which Alfredo works, makes a proposal to them to make erotic films that will sold in the Scandinavian countries, under the guise of being a false encyclopedia about reproduction. Unknown to them both, Carmen has become an adult film star in the Northern countries, and a Danish crew flies in to help Alfredo make an Ingmar Bergman inspired feature film called "Torremolinos 73." Instead of a career in show business, Carmen is eager to have a baby, and the tension between the artist and his muse grows.

The sexual revolution meets a bumbling door-to-door salesman and his beautician wife in the form of 'educational' sex films in this satiric comedy, set in Spain in 1973. Alfredo Lopez (Javier Cámara) is an encyclopedia salesman whose work has not been going especially well lately, which is worrisome to his wife, Carmen (Candela Peña), who is eager to have a baby. As it happens, encyclopedia sales have been dismal overall, and publisher Don Carlos (Juan Diego) strikes upon an idea for a more lucrative product line -- an 'audiovisual encyclopedia of human reproduction,' consisting of 8 mm movies demonstrating different ways for couples to make love. Don Carlos sets up a meeting between his sales staff and Dennis (Thomas Bo Larsen), a pornographer from Denmark who likes to tell people he once worked with Ingmar Bergman. While most of the salesmen refuse to have anything to do with Don Carlos' new scheme -- especially since pornography is strictly illegal under the Franco regime -- Alfredo grudgingly goes along, and despite his misgivings Carmen is drafted to star in the first film in the series. As the films become an underground success in Spain and earns a more high-profile reputation in Denmark, Carmen is recognized in public as a glamorous porn star, and Alfredo deludes himself into believing he and Dennis are making art films. But Alfredo's ambitions get the better of him when he begins writing a screenplay for a serious feature film and Carmen becomes increasingly obsessed with having a child.

Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 23 September, 2015.

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