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Jamón, Jamón

Country: Spain, Language: Spanish, 95 mins

  • Director: Bigas Luna
  • Writer: Cuca Canals; Bigas Luna
  • Producer: Andrés Vicente Gómez; Manuel Lombardero

CGiii Comment

Only interesting to see youthful Cruz and Bardem.

It's an unfunny comedy with clumsy direction.

The homo-eroticism is as erotic as a wilted lettuce leaf.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor. When Sylvia falls pregnant, Jose Luis promises her that he will marry her, most likely against the wishes of his parents. Jose Luis' mother is determined to break her son's engagement to a girl from a lower-class family, and hires Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter to seduce Sylvia.

Cast & Characters

Stefania Sandrelli as Propietaria fabrica ropa;
Anna Galiena as Prostituta;
Juan Diego as El padre;
Penelope Cruz as Silvia;
Javier Bardem as Raul;
Jordi Molla as El novio de Silvia;
Tomas Martin as Amigo Raul;
Armando del Rio as Amigo Jose Luis;
Diana Sassen as Amiga Silvia;
Chema Mazo as Padre de Silvia;
Isabel de Castro Oros as Hermana Silvia;
Nazaret Callao as Hermana Silvia;
Marianne Hermitte as La chica del perro en el puticlub;
Nadia Godoy as La que canta en el puticlub;
Maria Reniu as Chica en puticlub