The Dumbfounded King

Year: 1991

Runtime: 106 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Imanol Uribe

History

Set in 17th‑century Spain during the reign of Philip IV, the film adapts Gonzalo Torrente Ballester’s novel. The monarch is astonished by Marfisa, the town’s most beautiful prostitute, and becomes obsessed with seeing her nude. His fixation soon extends to the queen, and despite Church scandal and court opposition, he relentlessly pursues his illicit desires.

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