Peppermint Frappe (VHS letterbox) [1967] Carlos Saura

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Peppermint Frappé (1967)


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Spanish language with hard English subtitles

Peppermint Frappé is a 1967 Spanish psychological thriller directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin and José Luis López Vázquez. The story centers on a man who becomes obsessed with the wife of an old friend believing her to be a mysterious drummer that he once fell in love with at a festival. He pursues her only to be rebuffed multiple times.

Geraldine Chaplin ... Elena / Ana
José Luis López Vázquez ... Julián
Alfredo Mayo ... Pablo
Emiliano Redondo ... Arturo
María José Charfole ... Child
Francisco Venegas ... Child
Pedro Luis Lozano ... Child
Víctor Manuel Moreno ... Child
Ana María Custodio ... Julián's mother
Fernando Sánchez Polack ... Patient

The film uses Julian's obsession with the blonde, English-speaking woman to illustrate Spain's suppressed fascination with the "foreign" West as well as repressed desires under the nationalist and isolationist regime of Francisco Franco. Furthermore the film is an examination of repression and obsession during Franco era Spain. Additionally, the character of Julian's nurse, also played by Chaplin, serves as an interesting example of how a passive feminine character can come to control a more assertive chauvinist by manipulating his desires. In Peppermint Frappé, a single actress and a handful of motifs create a chain of associations whose stylistic sophistication belies the seeming simplicity of the film