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Something Bitter in the Mouth
Something Bitter in the Mouth (Spanish: Algo amargo en la boca) is a 1969 Spanish film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. It is a blend of psychological thriller, erotic-intimist melodrama and sociopolitical parable.[1] PlotCésar becomes the object of sexual desire of three women (Clementina, Aurelia and Ana) for different reasons.[2][3] Cast
ProductionThe film had issues with Francoist censorship,[7] primarily involving the script rather than the finished cut.[8] They prevented the film from the denouement featured in the original script, with the three women killing César, as the executioner ended up being the mentally-retarded servant Jacobo.[6] The final script was penned by Eloy de la Iglesia with the collaboration of Ana Diosdado (uncredited).[8] ReleaseThe film was theatrically released in Barcelona in 1969.[8] It opened in the Spanish capital in 1972, after the success of De la Iglesia's The Glass Ceiling.[8] ReceptionFernando Morales of El País described the film as "a personal and murky melodrama, full of morbidity, which had good manners", yet also "greatly diminished by the [censorship] issues".[9] See alsoReferences
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