With LOVERS, veteran Spanish director Vicente Aranda finally achieved wide international exposure and critical acclaim. Made in 1991, this tragic story of forbidden passions and betrayed innocence was one of the outstanding foreign films to reach US screens.
Madrid, 1955. Paco (Jorge Sanz), having completed his required military service, hopes to find work and marry his fiancee, Trini (Maribel Verdu), the housemaid to Paco's former commander. Paco lodges in a room rented by Luisa (Victoria Abril), a young widow and part-time grifter. Frustrated by his
unfruitful job hunt and by Trini's refusal to sleep with him until they're married, Paco offers little resistanc...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
103 mins