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Jealousy (1999)

Director: Vicente Aranda

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Another preposterous tale of obsessional love from the director of Lovers finds Aranda still peddling his mix of TV movie visuals, faux-liberationist misogyny and tired storylines. Lorry driver Antonio is due to wed the gorgeous Carmen, but all that goes awry when he finds a photo of her in the company of an old flame. Cue seriously pathological behaviour from a character whose problems are rumoured to originate with southern inbreeding, and you have the makings of a plot with nada in the empathy stakes. 'What's he looking for?' asks one trucker. 'His own downfall,' the other replies (it's that kind of diner). A showdown in the rain is lifted from the previous film; and along the way the crudest of expositions is matched only by the vulgar portrayal of women as sex-obsessed primitivists equated with the fecund orange crops of the region.

Author: GE 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Vicente Aranda

Producer: Fernando Bovaira

Cast: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Daniel Gimenéz Cacho, María Botto, Luis Tosar, Alicia Sánchez, José Luis Oliva full cast

Duration: 106 mins


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