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Featuring:
David Selvas, Laura Conejero, Julieta Serrano
Written by:
Sergi Belbel
Ventura Pons
Directed by:
Ventura Pons
Release Date:
February 13, 1998
Original Title:
Carícies
Alternate Titles:
Caricias
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Els Films de la Rambla S.A.
Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura
TV3
Production Countries:
Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
PL: 18 RO: 18
Runtime: 94
The eroticism exudes in the eleven interconnected stories that recount difficult relationships and violent sexuality
Eleven episodes portray different encounters in a large city during the course of a single night towards the end of the millennium. A young man wants to stop living together with a young woman because he believes that they no longer have anything to say to each other. The young woman goes to visit her mother, an elderly woman. She lives with an old lesbian who meets her homeless brother. She asks him to forgive her for having seduced his wife all those years ago, but the brother pretends not to know who she is. A young boy attacks the homeless man. At first he tells him about his wild nights, then he knocks him to the ground and steals the old man's ring. At home the young boy has a bath and asks his father to join him in the tub. The boy's father has a girlfriend, a young woman. He intends to end their relationship... Eleven interlocking scenes that involve two characters, one of whom carries forward into the next scene, until the chain comes full circle.
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