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Tristana
Somewhere between the innocent girl and the not so innocent mistress is the bizarre, sensuous story of Tristana
Somewhere between the innocent girl and the not so innocent mistress ...
Drama - 1970
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Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope, a protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of the vulnerable Tristana, who leaves him when she falls in love with Horacio. Unable to commit to him, she returns to Don Lope when she falls ill. He asks for her hand in marriage, and she accepts after losing her leg to cancer. She chooses to remain in a passionless union rather than be subject to the harsh realities of a society that refuses to change to the needs of women. Taken from the novel by celebrated author Benito Perez Galdos.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
29 Mar 1970
Country:
ES, FR, IT
Languages:
Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Rey is brilliant as the mephistophelean, anti-clerical Socialist, dandy and outmoded master of social graces: father, lover and husband all in one.
– Chris Auty,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
As Don Lope, Fernando Rey is superb.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
As much as this tale of bent love runs in the ruts of its maker's obsessions, it has an undertow that's impossible to shake.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
22 Nov 2012
fresh:
You can almost sense the director's pleasure in taking apart the duplicities of a patriarchal Spanish society, the long-standing sexual double standard for men and one young woman's revolt against convention.
– Betsy Sharkey,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb 2013
fresh:
The rigid rituals of duty and honor form an inextricable bond of pleasure and degradation, of sex and death-and render sin all the more exciting.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
14 Jul 2014
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