Jamon Jamon

Jamon Jamon

1992 · 94 min · ES · 6.2 (402 votes)
Dir. Bigas Luna · Starring Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan Diego, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Jordi Mollà · Music Nicola Piovani

A film where women eat men and men eat ham

ComedyDramaRomance

José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and proposes to Silvia, a beautiful laborer on the underwear assembly line, his mom enlists Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter, to seduce Silvia.

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A fever dream of Spanish passion, this film is a visually lush, operatic exploration of lust, jealousy, and class. It's a bold, surreal, and often hilarious dive into primal desires and the absurdities of the human heart.

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adulteryinfidelityprostitutejealousyhusband wife relationshipsexualitypregnancysymbolismseductionmachismomatador (bullfighter)unfaithfulnessrural areaextramarital affairsensualitymale modeldrunkennessunderwear manufacturer
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