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The Virgin of Lust

6.8 151 mins Drama   Fantasy   Romance   2002
Mate Producciones S.A.   Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad   Fado Filmes   Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía  
Director(s): Arturo Ripstein

Release Date: 30 Fri, Aug 2002

In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?

Casts of The Virgin of Lust

Juan Diego

as Gimeno-Mikado

Ariadna Gil

as Lola

Julián Pastor

as Don Lázaro

Alberto Estrella

as Gardenia

Daniel Giménez Cacho

as Toledano

Eligio Meléndez

as Don Nemesio

Carmen Madrid

as Imelda

Carlos Chávez

as Ezequiel

Gonçalo Diniz

as Fabregats

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