Academy Awards, USA 1973
| Nominee Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film
Spain
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Directed by Jaime de Armiñán
My rating: BOMB
IMDb Wikipedia
A middle aged woman is living a lonely life in rural Spain. She has a live-in maid but they constantly fight and bicker. She is courted by a banker, but resists his overtures of marriage. Her maid urges her to see a doctor to figure out what is "wrong" with her. The doctor informs her that she is actually a man! She moves to Madrid to start a new life and new identity. He struggles to find work and takes on sewing jobs. One day he runs into his maid who works in a coffee shop. Their friendship turns into romance once he embraces his sexual identity. I don't even know where to begin. It is obvious from the opening shot and photographs that "Adela" is really a man. Her reaction in the doctor's office to being told is priceless, but not in a good way. Her relationship with the maid is just not credible. I suppose this might work as unintentional comedy. I thought it was hilarious.
Where did you see this? I can't find anywhere.
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