GERMANY: SPANISH FILM "ENTRE LAS PIERNAS" IS SCREENED AT THE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL

Record ID: 704412

  • Title: GERMANY: SPANISH FILM "ENTRE LAS PIERNAS" IS SCREENED AT THE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
  • Date: 20th February 1999
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 11, 1999) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR ZOO PALAST MOVIE THEATRE VARIOUS OF FANS WAITING OUTSIDE THE THEATRE ACTORS VICTORIA ABRIL AND JAVIER BARDEM AND DIRECTOR MANUEL GOMEZ PEREIRA ARRIVE FOR THE SCREENING VARIOUS OF ACTORS IN FOYER OF THEATRE VARIOUS OF ACTORS IN THEATRE
  • Embargoed: 7th March 1999 12:00
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  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVAAW2C39ACYTBIUI5JG152W0A1D
  • Story Text: The Spanish film "Entre las Piernas" ("Between your legs"), the story of two sex addicts who meet in a therapy session, was screened on Thursday evening (February 11) at the Berlin Film Festival.
    It's one of 25 films in the running for the much-coveted Golden Bear award.
    Directed by Spaniard Manuel Gomez Pereira, "Entre Las Piernas" tells the story of two sex-addicts, who meet in a therapy session to fight their addiction.
    Screenplay writer Javier, played by Javier Bardem cannot live without regular telephone sex.Night time radio producer Miranda (Victoria Abril) is a nymphomaniac who excuses herself from the radio station in the early hours of each morning, sayingshe's taking the dog for a walk, when in reality she's out in search of men with whom she can enjoy a swift sexual encounter.
    As soon as the pair meet in therapy, they are immediately mutually attracted and the plot starts to thicken.The film becomes a search for adventure, involving sex in the back of a beaten-up car and a dead body in the trunk.
    Miranda's husband, a workaholic criminal investigator for the Madrid police, is lonely in his marriage.Out of jealousy, he tries to make it look like Javier is responsible for the crime.But little does he know....how close to the truth he actually is.
    Pereira's first fiv film farces form one of Spanish cinema's sharpest contemporary chronicles.
    Spanish actress Victoria Abril : "She wants to make clear why she acts like that, and what makes a woman turn into a nymphomaniac.Because there are many men who cant deal with it.It is a sickness that can be healed with love and affection."
    The winners of the "Golden Bear" awards will be announced on February 21st.
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