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Pepi, Luci, Bom

— Lightweight and fizzy but carries barely a hint of the greatness to come!”

Pepi, Luci, Bom
  • Director: Pedro Almodóvar
  • Spain, 1981
  • 2 stars out of 5

This is where it all began, the first in a long line of zany, colourful and passionate tales whose collective carnival forms the prodigious output of Almodóvar.

Pepi, Luci, Bom gels remarkably considering the conditions in which it was shot. It’s the story of three very different women in a world bursting with the kind of firework deviance banned by the Franco era.

The film is very much a product of its era and it hasn’t aged too well, but it’s worth watching if only to see the dawn of Almodóvar’s vision before his growing confidence (and budgets) made it look so easy!

Originally published: August 21st, 2006 in Film

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