The Dumbfounded King
(1991)
|
|
| 0Share... |
The Dumbfounded King
(1991)
|
|
| 0Share... |
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
|
|
María Barranco | ... |
Lucrecia
|
| Joaquim de Almeida | ... |
Almeida
|
|
|
|
Laura del Sol | ... |
Marfisa
|
|
|
Gabino Diego | ... |
King
|
|
|
Juan Diego | ... |
Villaescusa
|
|
|
Fernando Fernán Gómez | ... |
Gran inquisidor
|
|
|
Alejandra Grepi | ... |
Doña Bárbara
|
|
|
Javier Gurruchaga | ... |
Valido
|
|
|
Eusebio Poncela | ... |
Conde de la Peña Andrade
|
|
|
Anne Roussel | ... |
Queen
|
|
|
Luis Barbero | ... |
Ferrán de Valdivieso
|
|
|
Emma Cohen | ... |
Duquesa Viuda del Maestrazgo
|
|
|
Christine Dejoux | ... |
Colette
|
|
|
Carme Elias | ... |
Abesse
|
|
|
Eulàlia Ramon | ... |
Paca Távora
|
This movie is about a Spanish king in the middle ages who decides one day that he'd like to see his wife naked. Gasp! The courtiers are appalled; his wife says ... "Why not?"; and the church begins an investigation. Out of all the hoohah over what today seems an ordinary request, only one man stands up for the king -- a Jesuit priest. The movie's depiction of the various reactions to the king's request is always interesting, and sometimes fascinating. It's a stylish, colorful production, and never lacks for beauty. The only problem I had with it was that I saw it in Paris, in Spanish with French subtitles, and so I probably missed half the jokes. Not all of them -- there are some wonderful visual jokes, like the man whose wife wants the church's permission to have sex with him, so the couple goes to a convent and has sex surrounded by a circle of nuns (all of them discreetly facing away, of course).