Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980)

Director:

Pedro Almodóvar

Writers:

Pedro Almodóvar (screenplay)
Pedro Almodóvar (story)

Release Date:

27 October 1980 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Almodovar's first film of life in Madrid during the punk era and not one for the squeamish. He covers everything from drugs and sexual violence...

Plot Keywords:

Punk | Revenge | Violence | Rape | Sexual Violence

Cast

Carmen Maura	...	Pepi
Félix Rotaeta	...	El policía / su hermano gemelo
Olvido Gara	...	Bom (as Alaska)
Eva Siva	...	Luci (Luciana)
Concha Grégori	...	Charito, la vecina de Luci
Kiti Manver	...	La chica que es modelo y cantante pero no una puta
Cecilia Roth	...	Chica del anuncio 'Bragas Ponte'
Julieta Serrano	...	Mujer vestida como Escarlata O'Hara
Cristina Sánchez Pascual	...	Mujer barbuda
José Luis Aguirre
Carlos Tristancho
Eusebio Lázaro
Fabio McNamara	...	Roxy
Assumpta Serna		(as Assumpta Rodes)
Blanca Sánchez

Also Known As:

Pepi, Luci, Bom
Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (International: English title)
Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap
Pepi, Luci, Bom and the Other Girls

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Italy:VM18 | Taiwan:R-18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Fígaro Films

Trivia:

The £20,000 budget was raised largely from Pedro Almodóvar's friends.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hongos (1999)

Soundtrack:

Tu loca juventud

Twisted comedy from Almodovar.

Pepi, Luci and Bom (1980) is a twisted sexually perverse comedy from Pedro Almodovar. The story revolves around three working class women living in Madrid, Spain. Carmen Maura (an Almodovar regular) is the star of this very low budget film. A meek house wife is slowly seduced by her lesbian next door neighbor ( part of a plot to get revenge on her abusive husband) is one of the many strange events that occur in this farce.

The seduction techniques are very "unique" and creative to say the least. The director flows the exploits of the three friends as they hang out in the emerging seedy underground of Spain.

A n interesting movie from rising film-maker Pedro Almodovar. You also get a first hand look at life after the dictatorial reign of one Franco. A lot of sexual repression and tension was released in the streets after he left power. How much can the average viewer take? Well since this is an Almodovar film, it's only for die-hard fans or if you like some of John Waters earlier work. Others stay, don't say I didn't warn you.

Recommended for viewers of esoteric foreign films.

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