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Love & Intimacy

The Ages of Lulu (1990)

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Love & Intimacy Francesca Neri Nymphets Spanish Spain 1h 3m

Lulú follows desire through every unlocked door in Madrid, only to discover that some sexual adventures come with a bill nobody wants to pay.

Bigas Luna’s 1990 film—yes, the one identified as IMDb tt0099484—begins on deliberately rotten foundations: fifteen-year-old Lulú is initiated into sex by Pablo, her brother’s older friend, who then leaves for America and remains lodged in her imagination as lover, teacher and obsession. Years later he returns, marries her and turns domestic life into a private erotic playground. They experiment with voyeurism, role-play and strangers, while a nocturnal encounter brings them Ely, a warm, streetwise transgender sex worker who becomes Lulú’s friend and one of the few people in the picture capable of recognising danger before it bites. Lulú and Pablo have a daughter, yet their marriage never really grows beyond the original game of master and willing pupil. When Pablo arranges a blindfolded encounter that crosses an unforgivable family...