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The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Drama
User Score
74 votes
In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.
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September 5, 2022
Madrid, 1987 is not what you’d call a #metoo-friendly film, which in and of itself is a good reason, though not the only one, to watch it. Miguel (José Sacristán), an old (not to say elderly) columnist, hopes to trick a beautiful young college student named Ángela (María Valverde) into having sex with him. There's nothing romantic about this situation, but then writer/director David Trueba is by no means trying to ro…
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May 17, 2026
The movie is absolutely fantastic and I hope you download it. The film is set in Madrid in 1987, a period when Spain was still going through a transitional phase after Franco's death and its transformation into a democracy.
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