Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the movie. Its a good movie but it quickly goes off the rails.
Geraldine Chaplin (who co wrote the script along with Carlos Saura and Rafael Azcone) plays a woman name Teresa who is in a passionless marriage.
Per Occarson plays Pedro, the husband who is runs a auto manufacturing plant and not very interested in wife.
She receives furniture that once belong to her late parents. After she received the furniture she starts to act strange.
One weekend alone, they participate in role playing games and things get looney fast. I found the role playing games outlandish. I laughed at some of the scenes thinking if alcohol was involved in the writing process. Also, I suspect some of the role playing ideas came from Chaplin. If that is the case, she must be quiet the character.
I do wonder if Saura referenced his first marriage. There were some elements from Chaplin's past in the film, such as she attend an all girls Catholic boarding school and had a stern father.
What message Saura wanted to convey gets lost by the outrageous role playing scenes. (I have read that one of the messages of the movie was about Chaplin having a difficult time in breaking away from her father's shadow)
What saved the film was the acting by Chaplin and Occarson. They did great and they worked very well together.
Also, this was the one and only time Chaplin co wrote a screenplay with Saura.
If you want to watch a bizarre film where a person gets aroused by having crawdads crawling all over them. Then this movie is for you!
