Clara es el Precio
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Clara is the Price' is a 1975
Spanish film directed by Vicente Aranda
. It stars Amparo Muñoz
, Máximo Valverde and Juan Luis Galiardo
. It was shot in Cadaques
, Ampuriabrava (Girona
), Delta del Ebro (Tarragona
) and Barcelona
.
, Clara Valverde, a young beautiful woman, lives with her husband Juan. They seem to have a perfect marriage. Juan is an architect and has planned a daring urbanistic project. In reality, the project is not viable. Clara, to keep her marriage and finances a float, works as a porno actress in an underground film industry. In spite of her job and her marriage, Clara is still a virgin. Her marriage has never been consummated because her husband is impotent for which she blames herself. In her work she does not allow to be penetrated. One day she goes to a reunion with Kellerman, an American millionaire who seems to be interested into put into fruition Juan’s project. However soon Clara learns that what he really wants is to blackmail her. The owner of the house, Jorge finds out Claras’s real occupation and if she does not have sex to the American would tell everything to her husband.
Clara is brutally raped by Kellerman. She finds out that not only her husband is not really impotent as she thought, he has had sex with other women including Clara’s friend, but Juan also has an homosexual relationship with Miguel, the director of the porno films. She finally realizes that she has been only a coin changed in the hands of the men around her. Armed with a gun, Clara takes revenge killing Kellerman, humiliating Jorge and Miguel shooting them too.
For the leading role of Clara, Aranda cast Amparo Muñoz, who was then not yet eighteen and had recently been elected Miss Spain. She was not a trained actress and this was her first film. Juan Luis Galiardo and Maximo Valverde, two popular heartthrobs of Spanish Cinema during the 1970s, where chosen for the male leads playing against type, one as a homosexual the other as an impotent husband.
With a budget of 9 million pesetas, the film was shot in studios in Barcelona and exteriors in Cadaques
, Ampuriabrava (Girona
) and Delta del Ebro (Tarragona
). The original title of the film, Pornografia (pornography), was banned by censors and was changed to Clara es el precio (Clara is the price).
1975 in film
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.-Events:*March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London....
Spanish film directed by Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the...
. It stars Amparo Muñoz
Amparo Muñoz
Amparo Muñoz Quesada was a Spanish actress who, in 1974, became the first, and so far, only Spaniard to win the Miss Universe pageant.-Miss Universe 1974:Amparo Muñoz came from the town of Vélez-Málaga, Andalusia,...
, Máximo Valverde and Juan Luis Galiardo
Juan Luis Galiardo
Juan Luis Galiardo is a Spanish television and film actor.-Selected filmography:* Le tre spade di Zorro * The Call of the Wild * Pasodoble * The Girl of Your Dreams * El coronel Macià...
. It was shot in Cadaques
Cadaqués
Cadaqués is a town in the Alt Empordà comarca, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is on a bay in the middle of the Cap de Creus peninsula, near Cap de Creus cape, on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean...
, Ampuriabrava (Girona
Girona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
), Delta del Ebro (Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
) and Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Synopsis
In a city on Spain’s Costa BravaCosta Brava
The Costa Brava is a coastal region of northeastern Catalonia, Spain, in the comarques of Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà and Selva, in the province of Girona. Costa is the Catalan and Spanish word for 'coast', and Brava means 'rugged' or 'wild'...
, Clara Valverde, a young beautiful woman, lives with her husband Juan. They seem to have a perfect marriage. Juan is an architect and has planned a daring urbanistic project. In reality, the project is not viable. Clara, to keep her marriage and finances a float, works as a porno actress in an underground film industry. In spite of her job and her marriage, Clara is still a virgin. Her marriage has never been consummated because her husband is impotent for which she blames herself. In her work she does not allow to be penetrated. One day she goes to a reunion with Kellerman, an American millionaire who seems to be interested into put into fruition Juan’s project. However soon Clara learns that what he really wants is to blackmail her. The owner of the house, Jorge finds out Claras’s real occupation and if she does not have sex to the American would tell everything to her husband.
Clara is brutally raped by Kellerman. She finds out that not only her husband is not really impotent as she thought, he has had sex with other women including Clara’s friend, but Juan also has an homosexual relationship with Miguel, the director of the porno films. She finally realizes that she has been only a coin changed in the hands of the men around her. Armed with a gun, Clara takes revenge killing Kellerman, humiliating Jorge and Miguel shooting them too.
Cast
- Amparo MuñozAmparo MuñozAmparo Muñoz Quesada was a Spanish actress who, in 1974, became the first, and so far, only Spaniard to win the Miss Universe pageant.-Miss Universe 1974:Amparo Muñoz came from the town of Vélez-Málaga, Andalusia,...
as Clara Valverde - Máximo Valverde as Juan
- Juan Luis GaliardoJuan Luis GaliardoJuan Luis Galiardo is a Spanish television and film actor.-Selected filmography:* Le tre spade di Zorro * The Call of the Wild * Pasodoble * The Girl of Your Dreams * El coronel Macià...
as Jorge - Alejandro Ulloa as Kellerman
- Carmen de Lirio as Kellerman’s wife
- Mario Pardo as Miguel
- Ivonne Sentís as Marta
Production
The idea behind the film came from Pedro Carvajal who wrote the screenplay. From Madrid he went to Barcelona and persuaded director Vicente Aranda to take on the project. Aranda was initially reluctant, but accepted to direct the film after making substantial changes to the script. However this is the only film in Aranda's long career in which he did not sign the script.For the leading role of Clara, Aranda cast Amparo Muñoz, who was then not yet eighteen and had recently been elected Miss Spain. She was not a trained actress and this was her first film. Juan Luis Galiardo and Maximo Valverde, two popular heartthrobs of Spanish Cinema during the 1970s, where chosen for the male leads playing against type, one as a homosexual the other as an impotent husband.
With a budget of 9 million pesetas, the film was shot in studios in Barcelona and exteriors in Cadaques
Cadaqués
Cadaqués is a town in the Alt Empordà comarca, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is on a bay in the middle of the Cap de Creus peninsula, near Cap de Creus cape, on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean...
, Ampuriabrava (Girona
Girona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
) and Delta del Ebro (Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
). The original title of the film, Pornografia (pornography), was banned by censors and was changed to Clara es el precio (Clara is the price).