The Dumbfounded King

El rey pasmado, feature film, 1991

DIRECTED BY: Imanol Uribe

The Dumbfounded King

CAST:
María Barranco (Lucrecia),
Joaquim de Almeida (Almeida),
Laura del Sol (Marfisa),
Gabino Diego (kralj)

SCRIPT:
Joan Potau,
Gonzalo Torrente Malvido (prema romanu Gonzala Torrentea Ballestera)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Hans Burman

Synopsis:
The story takes place in the Spanish court in 1620. After a grand public wedding the king is technically married to the queen. However, the young couple still hasn’t consummated their marriage and the king’s friends organize his meeting with a first-class prostitute who introduces him to the sensual world of sex. The king likes what he has learned and announces that he wishes to see the queen naked. This, at the time, scandalous request, inspires gossip at the court as well the church’s investigation…

color, 106 minuta