Solid film dealing with jealousy , passions , allegedly treason , sexual intrigues and an extraordinary acting by the main cast . A businessman called Fernando (Fernando Cebrian) drives to the Almeria coast with his inconstant wife Teresa (Geraldine Chaplin , by that time married to Carlos Saura) and best friend Antonio (Juan Luis Galiardo) who wants to be in love with her . Paranoid Fernando then thinks is being deceived and both of whom are beginning a love affair . As the two flirt , and Fernando remains fixated on jealously and becomes increasingly paranoiac . Will he end his agony by killing the would-be lover/friend , the spouse or commit suicide himself ?
Intense and heart-rending drama about jealousy , suspects and loving betrayal . Decent but downbeat drama by Carlos Saura mostly filmed in Madrid , surroundings , and Almeria . It is a special story of love , lies and jealousy with an intrigue behind . This interesting as well as intimate story is a passionate retelling and a touching drama , including a monotonous intrigue . Carlos Saura also writes the intelligent script along with Angelino Fons based on his own story and being filmed in his usual formal and stylistic scholarship , without leaving a trace the interesting issues , in terms of dramatic and narrative excitement . This agreeable flick spells through intricate patterns of frames , sets , sound and photography . The main problem has to face ¨Stress-es Tres-Tres¨ (1968) , beyond not being able to avoid falling into a claustrophobic drama is precisely derived from the coldness of its staging , which eventually become tiring and heart-breaking over 90 minutes and some of footage . His style is pretty much sour , dry and realistic as well in the atmosphere as in the fresh dialog . This movie is fundamental in his filmography where shows the miseries of some amoral characters and shot at the height of his creativity , in a period cultural difficult , where the enormous censorship of the political regime exacerbated the ingenuity and imagination of the scriptwriters . Very good acting by trio protagonist , these actors were very intelligent chosen such as Fernando Cebrian , an industrialist now broke and ill turned into a green-eyed monster , Geraldine Chaplin as the lovely wife Teresa , she overcomes the affair with sentimentality and Juan Luis Galiardo as suspicious friend Antonio . The secondary cast gives nice , but brief , interpretation as Charo Soriano and Fernando Sánchez Polack . Spotless pictorial cinematography in black and white by Luis Cuadrado , he carries out a photography in juicy atmosphere , being filmed in Madrid and Almeria , showing brilliantly the stark outdoors where were shot a lot of Spaghetti/Paella Westerns in the sixties . Early deceased Luis Cuadrado is deemed to be one of the best Spanish cameramen with a long and prestigious artistic career and Saura's ordinary cameraman , he has photographed successes such as ¨Furtivos¨ , ¨The spirit of the beehive¨ , ¨La Regenta¨ , ¨Mi Querida Señorita¨ and ¨B Must Die¨ . Furthermore , a willingness almost perfect of the elements of each shot , every sequence , every space .
The motion picture was compellingly produced by the great producer Elias Querejeta ; being professionally directed in his particular style by veteran filmmaker Carlos Saura . He directed a series of award-winning movies firmly establishing him as one of the best Spanish filmmakers , dealing with political as well as social themes and performed by famous players . Carlos usually shot with is own wife , Geraldine Chaplin , until their separation . Saura is an expert on literary adaptations and shooting several intelligent and thoughtful films . Carlos began working in cinema in 1959 when he filmed ¨Los Golfos ¨(1962), one of Saura's undisputed masterpieces , dealing with juvenile delinquency from a sociological point of view . He subsequently made ¨LLanto Por Un Bandido¨ (1964) starred by an all-European-star-cast . Saura is a well recognized filmmaker both nationally and internationally , and in proof of it he won many prizes among which there are the following ones : Silver Bear in Festival of Berlin for ¨Peppermint Frappé¨ (1967) and the successful ¨La Caza¨ (1966) , considered to be his undisputed masterpiece , that also won numerous prizes in International Festivals and in which four characters facing each other and terminating into a jarring burst of violence . These films along with others as ¨Cria Cuervos¨ , ¨Ana Y Los Lobos¨ , ¨Stress-es tres-tres¨ were notorious in the years of the Franco's downfall dictatorship including brooding and polemic issues and played by known and prestigious actors as Geraldine Chaplin , Fernando Rey , Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez , Monica Randall and Hector Alterio . Saura achieved Special Jury Awards in Cannes for ¨La Prima Angélica¨ (1974), in 1973, and for ¨Cría Cuervos¨ (1976), in 1975. Also, the film ¨Mamá Cumple Cien Años¨ (1979) got an Oscar nomination in 1979 as the best foreign film, and it also won the Special Jury Award at the San Sebastian Festival. He subsequently made ¨Deprisa , Deprisa¨ based on facts about juvenile delinquency in Spain since the 80s , as he tried to take a position in favour of outcast people and he got to make a both lyric and documentary-style cinema . In 1990, he won two Goya , The Spanish Oscar , as best adapted screenplay writer and best director . Saura became an expert on Iberian musical adaptations as ¨Carmen¨ , ¨Amor Brujo¨ , ¨Bodas De Sangre¨ , ¨Sevillanas¨ , ¨Iberia¨ , ¨Salome¨ , ¨Fado¨, ¨Flamenco¨ and even recently Opera as ¨Io , Don Giovanni
