Lovers: A True Story

1991 "This landlady has more than just rent on her mind"
Lovers: A True Story
6.9| 1h43m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 07 December 1991 Released
Producted By: TVE
Country: Spain
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Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story.

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runamokprods Entertaining, sexy melodrama set in Franco's Spain, and based on a true story. A young solider is torn between his virginal, virtuous hard working fiancée, and his hot- blooded, small-time criminal landlady, with whom he has a tempestuous affair. This leads to betrayals and ultimately murder. Well acted, and never dull, but also never goes very deep into the characters, with sudden changes in alliance and attitude occurring without much explanation, and too fast to be believed. Consequentially, it's never very emotional, even if the story is tragic. A movie I enjoyed, but doubt I'd feel the inclination to see again,
m0nt5e there is the fact that is based on a true story. If I had to choose one modern spanish movie to see this would be the one. There is the young soldier that is in love with a pure and virgin girl (marivel verdu), then there is the older woman (Victoria Abril), not so naive that has been around quite a bit and knows "the business" she is also older. the soldier (alejandro sanz) is in between them and that both woman try to do to get his attention and they are all in a love triangle, hard to describe, sometimes is disturbing, sometimes is passionate and above all all the actors are outstanding! the director has done a very fine job, very deep, very impressive, and by all means one of the most underrated spanish movies of all.
robin_a1 Pure country catholic virginal Spanish innocent girl meets hot sexy mature land lady who's after her boy. Of course it all ends in disaster because these guys are Spanish. This film is very moving for young Spanish girls because they recognize real life here. It says you can experience freedom through sex but you have to know what you're doing. Unfortunately Spanish mothers are very conservative and you're lucky if they tell you about the "curse". A nasty surprise for girls. In this film it may be tenfold, so Spanish mothers, get a grip and educate! If not, light a candle and pray because the world is changing even in Spain. Sex is healthy and normal. Punishment is weird! Isn't it? My girlfriend is Spanish and she knows what this film means.
heckles Story of a young cadet who falls for a landlady that 1950's Spain gave him no preparation for. The attempt of his previously innocent fiance to win her man back from Abril's character are both erotic and heartbreaking, and the resolution is a devastator. The best film from Spain I've seen.