El poder del deseo

El poder del deseo
Directed by	Juan Antonio Bardem
Written by	Juan Antonio Bardem, Rafael Azcona
Based on	Joc brut [ca] by Manuel de Pedrolo
Produced by	Serafín García Trueba
Release date	1975 (1975)
Running time	117 min
Country	Spanish
Language	Spanish

El poder del deseo (lit. 'The power of desire'^[3], 'The force of desire'^[4]) is a 1975 Spanish film starring Marisol and English actor Murray Head. The film was directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. The script was written by him and Rafael Azcona^[9] based on the novel Joc brut [ca] by Manuel de Pedrolo.^[13]

Plot

Murray Head plays Javier, a young man who lives with his mother in an apartment and works in an advertising agency, conducting surveys on the effectiveness of advertisements. One day, he accidentally meets a young woman who needs help with her car. After a while, they begin a relationship, but she is very elusive and doesn't want anyone seeing her with him.^[14]

Cast

• Marisol as Juna
• Murray Head as Javier

References

1. The a to Z of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press. 27 April 2010. ISBN 978-1-4616-7217-3.
2. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer. 2008. ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9.
3. ^[1][2]
4. Guide to the Cinema of Spain. Bloomsbury Academic. 25 November 1997. ISBN 978-0-313-29474-7.
5. Sobre la adaptación y más allá. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. 7 October 2014. ISBN 978-84-9012-462-8.
6. Cuadernos para el diálogo. 1976.
7. El cine de Juan Antonio Bardem. EDITUM. 1998. ISBN 978-84-8371-027-2.
8. Història de la literatura catalana. Ariel. 1986. ISBN 978-84-344-7600-4.
9. ^[5][6][7][8]
10. La novela española y el cine. Ediciones JC. 1986. ISBN 978-84-85741-34-2.
11. Los directores de cine del siglo XX. Editorial 2001. 2001. ISBN 978-84-930559-1-2.
12. Miradas sobre el mundo: Veinte conversaciones con cineastas. Asociación Cinéfila Re Bross. 1999.
13. ^[10][11][12]
14. Sources:
    The film itself and
    "El poder del deseo (1975)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 2025-04-25.

External links

• El poder del deseo at IMDb