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The Ages of Lulu

1990 · 95 min · Director: Bigas Luna ★ IMDb 5.5 · 4,727 ratings

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In Madrid, teenager Lulu has a crush on Pablo, who is the best friend of her brother Marcelo. One day, they go together to a concert and Lulu loses her virginity to Pablo. However, he travels to the United States and Lulu misses him. When he returns, they meet each other and Pablo proposes to Lulu Soon they befriend Ely and play sexual games with her. Later they have a daughter, Ines. One day, after a party, Pablo blindfolds Lulu and proposes a threesome; when Lulu discovers that she had an incestuous relation with Marcelo, she leaves Pablo to live with Ines in an apartment. Lulu feels bored and soon she is addicted in kinky and bizarre sex with gays in the underground of Madrid. Her erotic journey descends to hell when she meets the dangerous Remy that invites her to the world of sadomasochism.

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The Ages of Lulu (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Disturbing 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Disturbing, Sadness. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Tension
Disturbing
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity37 %18 %10 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension41 %30 %26 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Disturbing51 %44 %45 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Disturbing55 %46 %46 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Sadness48 %31 %30 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Love50 %18 %19 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Love59 %20 %23 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Love55 %26 %26 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity48 %23 %18 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Sadness46 %20 %11 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Love51 %31 %20 %38 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Tension61 %49 %43 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Disturbing71 %50 %50 %14 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Sadness68 %34 %29 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Curiosity56 %29 %20 %9 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Sadness57 %43 %34 %6 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension70 %65 %55 %6 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Tension83 %83 %75 %5 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Tension89 %88 %80 %15 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Tension90 %87 %75 %30 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

FN
Francesca Neri

Lulú

ÓL
Óscar Ladoire

RP
Rosana Pastor

Chelo

JG
Juan Graell

Remy

RV
Rodrigo Valverde

Pablito

PB
Pilar Bardem

Encarna

MM
Marta May

madre di Lulù

PS
Pepa Serrano

Flamenca

LA
Luis Amposta

Alcoy

TO
Tomás Ordóñez

Mario

ÁF
Ángel Fernández

Bodybuilder

LB
Leonor Bruna

Amelia

PC
Pep Corominas

Details

Directed by
Bigas Luna
Written by
Bigas Luna, Almudena Grandes
Type
Movies
Released
1990
Runtime
95 min
Country
Spain
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 4,727 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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