The Ages Of Lulu Details

There has been some exciting and innovative cinema to have come out of Spain in recent years. Whilst there was a storm of controversy about Lulu when first released it is now difficult to see why. It is, essentially, a story about sexual power and indeed something of an analogy of the shifting state of gender domination. It is an interesting movie initially with good performances from its main characters. However, the final third of the film whilst paradoxically containing the most explicit scenes becomes the most predictable and formalistic of the whole film. By then you start wondering just who it is the main female lead reminds you of (its Linda Barker by the way) and less in the way of how the characters reached the point of perversity. There is also something of a cop out at the end that makes Lulu another simple love story with a happy ending. In the end Lulu simply tries too hard to be avant garde and finishes up in something of a mess.

Brutal and harsh this film may well make you feel very uncomfortable, not one to sit down with the parents...unless they are the inlaws.