Peppermint Frappé

A very proper, very religious and very conservative doctor is infatuated by his best friend's free spirited wife, who in turn is faithful to his liberal husband Spain during Franco.but this is far from everyday love triangle melodrama ,since this is only a metaphor for Spain during Franco . How does a man belonging and believing in a repressive society act? Magnificent performance by Geraldine Chaplin makes this film one of the best I have seen of Carlos Saura.Not surprisingly, the film is dedicated to Luis Bunuel.

A very proper, very religious and very conservative doctor is obsessed with his long-time friend's wife, and because the events happen during the Franco repression , he acts according to the dictates of time and place :Extermination! the film is dedicated to Luis Bunuel.A very political, expressionist film.

(1967) Peppermint Frappé (In Spanish with English subtitles) PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA

The general premise is, middle age and single X-ray technician male doctor becomes infatuated with his best friend's young hot blond wife. 'Peppermint' is the delicious drink the doctor as well as his best friend always like to drink. Although, the director of this movie by the name of Carlos Saura dedicated this film to surrealist director Luis Buñuel, this movie has zero surrealistic imaging, for I feel that viewers can pretty much predict the result of this movie way before it's even over, just because there are many movies that are similar to the center theme of what this film is about. This is the first of nine movies Geraldine Chaplin collaborated with writer/ director Carlos Saura.

Anyone familiar with Bunuel will find a treat of similar proportions in Peppermint Frappe's fascinating study of a fetishistic mind. This film is so carefully gripping that its mild-manneredness hides its thriller nature; instead, the film favours a meticulous reconstruction of a man's past desire projected into a vertiginous present he now creates. For all the layered desire and sexual tension, however, it is the subtle power of sublimation that works best. Consider the long, breath-taking seduction scene of the radiologist, the nurse & the rowing machine. The art direction is excellent and the opening credit music is great. Where the film loses its edge is in the direction, which is not as skilled as that of the dedicatee. This is more noticeable at the end, where the camera movement gives way to freeform and has a very dated late 60's look. A pivotal song in the film is likewise hard to take seriously. Still, the film is mesmerizing & scenic, & Jose of the 4 names- the radiologist, gives a tremendously controlled performance. It's his film and he carries it brilliantly. Ana, the nurse, is excellently portrayed as well. Overall, fascinating but not sharp enough

Alfredo Mayo returns from Africa with.a new bride, Geraldine Chaplin (in a blonde wig). His old friend, Doctor José Luis López Vázquez lusts for her, but she loves her husband. So Vázquez begins to transmute his adoring, previously unnoticed assistant into her. Good thing she's played by Miss Chaplin (in a brunette wig). As she begins to become more like the woman he wants, he continues to try to seduce Miss Chaplin (in a blonde wig).

Carlos Saura's gloss on VERTIGO (albeit one based on an idea by Saura) is, like Hitchcock's, a meditation on sexual obsession. Saura's movies are inherently mannered in a way that is still not clear to me, and filled with symbolism that is likewise obscure. So the unconsidered trappings of wealth that Vázquez ignores, as well as the sickly-sweet creme-de-menthe drinks he plies the objects of his desire have some meaning. Perhaps it is simply a matter of noting that the movie is dedicated to Bunuel to label it a contemptuous satire of the rich.