This was something of an ordeal to watch. Set in a decaying mansion in Santiago...the mater is 90, crazy and foul-mouthed...middle-aged son is deeply repressed and going mad...new servant girl hooks up with some criminals... I could tell in 10 minutes this wasn't going to end well. It didn't.
Said to be the most popular movie in Chilean history. Great looking but all the characters were either repulsive or stupid or both and I had to struggle to get to the end. Even had a scene in a drag queen bar. Religious symbolism all over the place. Maybe this was liberating for a country still mired in catholicism.
Grand Guignol without the gore.
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