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Unpacking Madrid, 1987: where naked bodies expose power, not passion; aging creatives confront emptiness; and sex is less climax than chore.
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Anti-Eroticism as Cinematic Strategy: The Failed Seduction in Madrid, 1987

Madrid, 1987 (2011) is deliberately anti-erotic despite the leads spending most of the runtime naked. Miguel (José Sacristán), an aging columnist, schemes to seduce Ángela (María Valverde), a beaut…

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