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Format: VHS
Apr 1991
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
73 min. |
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Details
Movie Description
A wealthy aristocrat satisfies his lust with a married woman.
Synopsis
As soon as the wealthy Don Orestes spots the beautiful Fulvia, he is consumed by desire; not even the knowledge that she has a husband stops him from ceaselessly pursuing her.
Fulvia finally succumbs to his flirtations, but Orestes' attempts to possess her fully have calamitous results that neither lover could ever have foretold.
Film Notes
Premiered at the Toronto Festival of Festivals September 12, 1988. Original running time 88 minutes.
Copyright 1988 Television Espanola S. A. International Network Group.
Industry Reviews
"...Guerra comes reasonably close [to García Marquez's magic]....Passionate, wrenching and very much in keeping with the author's thoughts of love and doom..."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (03/01/1991)
Quotations
"I am dying for love of you." -- Don Orestes (Ney Latorraca) in a letter to Fulvia (Claudia Ohana)
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