A satire on macho culture and 80s excess, it's a rise and fall sex comedy which seems to represent perfectly a certain vintage of Spanish Film.

THE PLOT

Javier Bardem is excellent as the cocky architect who wants to build the tallest building in Benidorm.

REVIEWS

"Sexually explicit and packed with unforgettable images (a Dali-esque dream sequence has ants swarming over a girl's genitals), Luna's work easily equals that of the better known Pedro Almodóvar in the kitsch-and-think drama department." - RADIO TIMES

"Engaging comedy, much concerned with sex, death, food, and the limitations of machismo, and a satire at the expense of Spanish icons, from Salvador Dali to Julio Iglesias." - HALLIWELL'S FILM GUIDE

ACTOR: JAVIER BARDEM

Javier Bardem was born in 1969, and has gained impressive international critical for quite a lot of films, among which:

- Jamon Jamon (Bigas Luna, 1992)

- Carne Tremula (Live Flesh, Pedro Almodovar, 1997)

- Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside, Alejandro Amenabar, 2004)

- Before Night Falls (2000, Julian Schnabel0; J. Bardem was nomitated for an Oscar for this role

- No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007); J. Bardem became the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar for his role in that film

He also starred in Vicky, Christina, Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008), as a very attractive/hot/sexual Spanish man - a type of role that he often gets.

Hevos de Oro was his 4th film.

DIRECTOR: BIGAS LUNA

- Bigas Luna was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1946

- He is a filmamker, but also a painter. He has made narrative feature films but is also interested in experimental filmmaking

- Huevos de Oro is pat of a trilogy with Jamon Jamon (1992), and La Tela y La Luna (1994)

- Jamon Jamon (1992) is probably Bigas Luna's most famous film, and it is also Penelope Cruz's debut. It is centrered around sex and a twisted romatic relationship, two recurring themes in Bigas' films

- his other films include Bambola (1996), La Camarera del Titanic (1997) and Volaverunt (1999)