Estas ruinas que ves (1979)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Julián Pastor

Writers:

Jorge Ibargüengoitia (novel)
Jorge Patiño (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 August 1979 (Mexico)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Sex | Female Nudity | Based On Novel

Cast

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Raymundo Rocafuerte
Fernando Luján	...	Paco Aldebarán
Guillermo Orea	...	Isidro Malagón
Ariadna Welter	...	Doña Elvira Rapacejo de Revirado (as Ariadne Welter)
Víctor Junco	...	Dr. Revirado
Grace Renat	...	Sarita Espinoza
Rafael Banquells	...	Rector Sebastián Montaña
Roberto Dumont	...	Esteban Espinoza
Jorge Patiño	...	Carlitos Mendieta
Roberto Cobo	...	Ricardo Pórtico
Blanca Guerra	...	Gloria Revirado
Josefina Echánove	...	Irma Bandala
Adriana Parra	...	Justine Pórtico
Francisco Llopis	...	Pelón Padilla (as Paco Llopis)
Ignacio Villarias	...	Joven Angarica

Also Known As:

These Ruins That You See (USA)

Runtime:

Mexico:107 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

Company:

Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE)

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Jules et Jim (1962)

slightly amusing, sexually-obsessed comedy

this pointless movie, made post-sexual liberation but apparently pre-women's liberation, is occasionally funny but never clever. its the story of a college professor and his colleagues, whose primary activities are drinking and ogling women of the small town of Cuevana. the old and unattractive professor seems to have a way with young and beautiful women, including one of his students, the radiant (and engaged) Gloria. the plot develops when the professor is informed by a drunken associate that Gloria has a heart condition, which will prove fatal on her wedding night, when the 21 year old "virgin" experiences her first orgasm, causing her heart to burst. hilarity ensues, as the professor tries to find a way to tell Gloria about her heart, which she knows nothing about. meanwhile he screws his friend's wife and there is a mysterious flasher roaming the town... the script is sort of all over the place, and the ending is mostly predictable, but the movie is kind of fun, just for the 70s styles and the absurdity of the whole thing.