Summaries

A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.

An ex-bullfighter who gets turned on by killing, a lady lawyer with the same fetish, and a young man whose religious upbringing has driven him insane are the main characters in this stylish black comedy about the dark sides of human nature.—Dragan Antulov <[email protected]>

Angel is a helpless, confused young man who has to find his way between his tyrannical mother, who is a member of Opus Dei, and the bullfighting lessons of the sinister Diego Montes, who has had to retire because of an injury. One evening Angel, tormented by the need to prove his manhood, tries to rape the pretty neighbor Eva, at the same time Diego Montes' girlfriend, in the open street. His impotence prevents him from doing so, however, and he faints when he sees the scratch the young woman has sustained in her fall. The next day he reports himself to the police. When the girl does not report him and the ashamed Angel then discovers photos of murders and missing persons, the boy confesses to several crimes at once out of a longing for punishment. In reality, the acts are partly attributable to Diego, his teacher, as well as María, a young lawyer who stabs her lovers in the spinal cord with a needle at the end of the sex act. Diego soon meets this woman, as she is to take over Angel's defense. Diego and María find themselves irresistibly attracted to each other and discover that they belong to the same "race", namely the one that likes to play with death. Angel manages to lead his psychiatrist and the police to the bodies of the two girls Diego murdered and buried in his house. Meanwhile, María and Diego are guided by their deadly desire .

Details

Keywords
  • female frontal nudity
  • unsimulated sex
  • vaginal penetration
  • nipple play
  • vaginal sex
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Drama
Release date Mar 6, 1986
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) NC-17
Countries of origin Spain
Language Spanish
Filming locations Viaducto de Segovia, Madrid, Spain
Production companies Compañía Iberoamericana de TV Televisión Española (TVE)

Box office

Gross US & Canada $279394
Opening weekend US & Canada $13399
Gross worldwide $286126

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 50m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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