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Bookmark this pagePeppermint Frappé (1967)
Director: Carlos Saura
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From Time Out Film Guide
Vertigo via Buñuel. Saura's ambitions may have been a bit loftier than his talent back in 1967, but this slice of art house surrealism insinuated itself past Franco's censors to give a welcome glimpse of a Spanish film culture dominated by the shadow of its absent master. The engagingly provocative yarn of erotic obsession, in which plain-Jane Chaplin is 'remoulded' by her unhinged boss into the image of his brother's foxy wife (also Chaplin) isn't obstructed overmuch by Saura's reverential 'homages', and its roots in a script by Rafael Azcona (subversive plotsmith for Berlanga and Ferreri) ensure that sufficient black comedy incisiveness penetrates the flashy surface.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Carlos Saura
Producer: Elias Querejeta
Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, José Luis López Vásquez, Alfredo Mayo, Emiliano Redondo full cast
Duration: 94 mins
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