Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón
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| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Produced by | Pepón Coromina Pastora Delgado Ester Rambal |
| Written by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Starring |
Carmen Maura Eva Siva Olvido Gara |
| Music by | Alaska y los Pegamoides |
| Cinematography | Paco Femenia |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
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Fígaro Films, S.A
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| Distributed by | Alenda, S.A |
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Running time
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81 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget |
ESP 6 million USD$46,000 |
| Box office | ESP 43 million $332,089 |
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (English: Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Average Girls, or Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom) is a 1980 Spanish film, a campy comedy, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Carmen Maura, Alaska, and Eva Siva, the plot follows the wild adventures of three friends: Pepi, an independent modern woman; Luci, a mousy, masochistic housewife; and Bom, a lesbian punk rock singer.
Pepi, Luci, Bom is Almodóvar's first feature film. It was shot in 16mm and blown up to 35mm for its theatrical release. It became a cult film, emblematic of La Movida Madrileña, a period characterized by a sense of cultural and sexual freedom.
Pepi, a young independent woman living in Madrid, is filling up her Superman sticker album when she receives an unexpected visit from a policeman who has spotted her marijuana plants from the street. Pepi tries to buy his silence with an offer of oral sex, but the policeman rapes her. This ruins her hopes of selling her virginity for a good amount of money. Thirsty for revenge, Pepi arranges for her friend Bom, a teenage punk singer, and her band, Bomitoni (Bom and Toni), to beat up the policeman. Wearing Madrilenian costumes and singing a zarzuela, Pepi's friends give the man a merciless beating one night. However, the next day Pepi realizes that they had attacked the policeman’s innocent twin brother by mistake.
Undaunted, Pepi decides on a more complex form of revenge. She befriends the policeman’s docile wife, Luci, from Murcia, with the excuse of receiving knitting lessons. Pepi's idea is to corrupt Luci and take her away from the wife-beating policeman. During the first knitting class, Pepi's friend, Bom, arrives at the apartment heading for the restroom in order to pee. This leads to the suggestion that, since Luci feels hot, Bom should stand on a chair and urinate over Luci's face. Bom's aggressive behavior satisfies Luci's masochism and the two women become lovers. Back home, Luci has an argument with her husband in which she complains about what he had done to Pepi. With a sense of liberation Luci leaves her husband and her home, moving in with Bom.
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