Las edades de Lulú (1990)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Bigas Luna

Writers:

Almudena Grandes (novel)
Almudena Grandes (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 December 1990 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The story of a young woman's descent into the kinky and dangerous sexual underground in Madrid. |

Plot Keywords:

Erotica | Brother Sister Relationship | Bar | Anal Rape | Female Explicit Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Francesca Neri	...	Lulú
Óscar Ladoire	...	Pablo (as Oscar Ladoire)
María Barranco	...	Ely
Fernando Guillén Cuervo	...	Marcelo
Rosana Pastor	...	Chelo
Javier Bardem	...	Jimmy
Juan Graell	...	Remy
Rodrigo Valverde	...	Pablito
Pilar Bardem	...	Encarna
Marta May	...	Madre de Lulú
Gloria Rodriquez	...	Cristina
Àngel Jové	...	Alicantino (as Angel Jové)
Ainara Pérez	...	Lulú niña
Juan Sala	...	Padre de Lulú
Pepa Serrano	...	Flamenca

Also Known As:

The Ages of Lulu (UK)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:18 | Chile:(Banned) (original rating) | Chile:18 (re-rating) (2001) | France:-16 | Italy:VM18 | South Korea:18 | UK:18

Company:

Apricot

Soundtrack:

Tu mano en mi mano

The lurid sex life of a young woman is absolutely not for everyone

This is the story of a woman through told pretty much through her sex life. As the film progresses we watch as her life goes from one of normalcy to one on the fringes of "normal" society, and its a course mirrored by her sex life. It is a very lurid film that pretty much covers every sexual subject you can think of, and probably some you can't. Its a well made movie that is so close to being an explicit film that one wonders why they didn't bother to go all the way and not shy away from showing it all. But its not really about the sex, since this is a smutty film that has the belief that its about something other than just showing hot sweaty sex. I'm not sure if thats true or not. Actually I'm not sure what I think of this film. frankly its one of those movies that you see and aren't enthused by, but which you find yourself haunted by none the less. There is something about the film that keeps me wondering if its not better than I think it is. Then again it maybe the desire to see the hot sweaty sex again (It really is steamy)

If you're not prudish and ready to deal with sex in all of its varieties then by all means dive in and give it a try. If you are offended by anything other than straight forward heterosexual sex, then stay away.