What a headscratcher. I had to see it three times to decide if I enjoyed it. And the answer is "yes but". The story is gripping but at the heart of it quite hostile to women. Seems that Spain got smacked up by the Moors in the 8th century and invented a legend to rationalise their defeat: of course it had to be a woman who betrayed her native Spain. So here is the tale of Florinda, who gets a bit annoyed when Spanish King Roderich accidentally kills her Moorish lover. In retaliation she seduces the king and then CRIES RAPE to her daddy, a big shot Spanish general. Daddy turns coat and brings ...
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