Lulu, Jun 10, 1994 | 10th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

10th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

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Director

Bigas Luna

Year

1990

Run Time

95

min

Country

Spain

Language

Spanish

PROGRAM Time

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

Fifteen-year-old Lulu has never known any affection from her family. But when she goes to a rock concert with Pablo, a friend of the family, he introduces Lulu to her first sexual experience. Years later, Pablo and Lulu have married; Pablo has created a sheltered, private world for Lulu, into which nothing intrudes. However, Lulu tires of her cloistered existence, and begins hanging out in shady bars, looking for vicarious thrills and danger.

This film is presented in Spanish with English subtitles.

Lulu portrays the sexual odyssey of one woman and, in scenes that are both funny and deeply shocking, gives new meaning to the term “fag hag”—Lulu not only wants to “hang out” with gay boys, but she also winds up as the sandwich in a series of sexual couplings with Banderas look-alikes that include group sex, handcuffs, and shavings. Politically incorrect and wildly sensual, director Bigas Luna (Jamon Jamon, Bilbao) makes countryman Almodóvar look like Ron Howard in what must be this festival’s most daring film.

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