The Girl with the Golden Panties (Spanish: La Muchacha de las Bragas de Oro) is a 1980 Spanish Film directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril and Lautaro Murúa.
The plot follows a middle age man writing his memoirs. His lies are exposed by his niece while she tries to seduce him.
The film was based upon the novel of the same title by Catalonian author Juan Marsé.
La Muchacha de las Bragas de Oro explores the changing nature of a former fascist, a reflection of Spain facing its past during Franco's regime. The film, a co-production between Spain and Venezuela, exhibits a sexual frankness which was off-limits in Spanish films made before 1975. The film was shot in Sitges and in Barcelona.Synopsis
Luis Forest, an aging Falangist writer, has retired to Sitges to devote himself to review his past, write his memoirs and ruminate over his failed marriage. Due to a sense of guilt for his political past, aligned with the Francoist regime, he lives in virtual isolation in a large house accompanied only by his dog and Tesla, the housekeeper.
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