The Night of the Virgin

La noche del virgen
Roberto San Sebastián
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July 14 - 20, 2017

Audacious, inventive (featuring some spectacular practical effects), sometimes hilarious and jaw-droppingly disgusting, and always totally bonkers, the film has more on its mind than pure gross-out—though it succeeds in that too. In any case, we promise you have never seen anything like it…

DIRECTOR
Roberto San Sebastián
YEAR
2016
COUNTRY
Spain
RUNTIME
117 minutes
LANGUAGE
Spanish with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
La noche del virgen

Every developing boy has sex on the brain and his “first time” is a momentous occasion. So when a sexy older woman at a New Year’s Eve party shows interest in Nico, an awkward and unfortunate-looking late bloomer at 20, the offer to go home with her is one he can’t refuse. That her name is Medea is only the first of many red flags, and it becomes rapidly clear that Nico would have been way better off holding on to his virginity a bit longer. The insanity that unfolds that evening in Medea’s cockroach-infested apartment is better witnessed than described, because nobody would believe the half of it. Audacious, inventive (featuring some spectacular practical effects), sometimes hilarious and jaw-droppingly disgusting, and always totally bonkers, the film has more on its mind than pure gross-out—though it succeeds in that too. In any case, we promise you have never seen anything like it…

The Night of the Virgin
The Night of the Virgin
The Night of the Virgin
The Night of the Virgin
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