Pepi, Luci, Bom

Infobox_Film
name = Pepi, Luci, Bom


caption = Poster for Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón
director = Pedro Almodóvar
writer = Pedro Almodóvar
starring = Carmen Maura, Félix Rotaeta, Olvido Gara, Eva Siva
producer = Pepón Coromina, Pastora Delgado, Ester Rambal
distributor =
released = October 27, 1980 (Spain)
runtime = 82 min
language = Spanish
budget =
imdb_id = 0081323

"Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón", often known generally as "Pepi, Luci, Bom" (English: "Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap", also "Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom") is a 1980 film written and directed by the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar.

It was Almodóvar's first commercial film, for which he wrote the initial script in 1978, when he worked for Telefónica as an administrative employee and rewrote it again when he commenced shooting. The film, inspired by the punk film Bom (Alaska), is about three girls, Pepi, Luci and Bom who live in Madrid during the punk era.cite web | title=Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón | url=http://www.almodovarlandia.com/almodovarlandia/movies/filmpepilucibom.htm | accessmonthday=September 1 | accessyear=2005 ] cite web | title=Biography of Pedro Almodóvar | url=http://www.almodovarlandia.com/almodovarlandia/biography.htm | accessmonthday=September 1 | accessyear=2005 ]

Plot synopsis

After being raped by a policeman, Pepi vows revenge, persuading her friends to beat him up. However, they mistakenly attack the policeman's twin brother and so Pepi tries again, persuading his masochistic wife, Luci, to leave him for teenager punk singer Bom, from Bom y Toni Group. The three of them explore the Madrid youth scene, attending parties, clubs, concerts and meeting outrageous characters. Luci returns to her husband once he finally satisifes her by beating her up and hospitalising her. Now alone, Pepi and Bom decide to move in together.

Critical reactions

Almodóvar described the film, as a story about "strong and vulnerable human beings, who devote themselves to passion, who suffer love and have fun." Spanish critics at that time took potshots at the film for its bathroom jokes, a humorous rape scene and weak cinematography. The Spanish newspaper "El Periódico", described Almodóvar as "a stubbornly passionate defender of substandard movies" while "El País" praised it as a film that "upturns with true daring the most respected taboos of our ridiculous society".cite web | title=Reviews/Film; A Director on the Verge Of a Cinematic Success? | url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=PEPI%2c%20LUCI%2c%20BOM%20%28MOVIE%29&reviewer=JANET%20MASLIN&pdate=19920529&v_id=37689 | accessmonthday=September 1 | accessyear=2005 ] Although still acknowledged as technically a poor film "Pepi, Luci, Bom" (as well Almodóvar's next film "Laberinto de pasiones") is regarded as a document of La movida, the post-Franco punk scene that developed in Madrid.

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*imdb title|id=0081323|title=Pepi, Luci, Bom