Benito is an ambitious man. We meet him as he is doing his military service in Melilla, a Spanish possession in Northern Africa. His dream is to erect the biggest skyscraper in Benidorm, where high rises are everywhere. Benito has deeply set obsessions, and a deep sense of smell. Rita, who is his local girlfriend, has a peculiar odor he loves. Benito's other obsession has to do with the weight of his women. Rita, who only weighs 47 kilos is an ideal sexual partner.
After the army, Benito lands in Benidorm, where he wants to build his dream high rise. He is just full of air since he doesn't have money to back up his ambition. When he meets the lovely Claudia, who is a bit heavy, at 52 kilos, his luck begins to change. When he asks a bank to finance his construction, he meets resistance. After all, the wise banker sees right through the young man.
The banker's daughter, Marta, who is a slender woman weighing 45 kilos, takes an interest in Benito. They eventually marry. Benito, who also convinces a money man to invest in his building, starts building his dream. Marta, who suspects Benito is having affairs behind her back, gets proof of her suspicions when she finds intimate apparel that Claudia, in a fit of anger puts in Benito's jacket. Benito, who denies his escapades, finally admits to them and brings Claudia to his bed and Marta accepts the situation and the three begin to have an open relationship.
Unfortunately, Benito's luck begins to unravel. After a tragic accident where Claudia dies, his construction is paralyzed after the big investor pulls out. Benito also has a long convalescence to mend his broken body. At this time Marta, who is fed up with the way things have turned out, gets angry at Benito when he brings a prostitute, Ana, who never reveals her actual weight, as a substitute for Claudia. Benito, ends up losing it all as he and Ana settle in Miami.
Bigas Luna, the director of this film is a man who is not afraid to show raw sex in his movies, as it's the case here. He is making a statement about how Benito misuses his macho magnetism in the way he treats Rita, Claudia and Marta. These women are avenged by Ana, who constantly cheats on him with the hunky gardener. So actually, Benito is reduced to a pathetic figure who doesn't have a penny and sees his world and his ambitions turn against him.
Javier Bardem makes a great impression as Benito. He had already collaborated with Bigas Luna; both actor and director understand one another well, therefore the good results. Maria de Medeiros has a small part, but she makes the best out of her Marta. The gorgeous Maribel Verdu is perhaps the woman who really loved Benito. Elisa Tovati is seen as Rita; Raquel Bianca plays Ana and Benicio del Toro appears briefly as the gardener who is serving Ana.
"Huevos de oro" is not a film for the faint hearted, or the prude. Bigas Luna gives his audience what is expected of him.
After the army, Benito lands in Benidorm, where he wants to build his dream high rise. He is just full of air since he doesn't have money to back up his ambition. When he meets the lovely Claudia, who is a bit heavy, at 52 kilos, his luck begins to change. When he asks a bank to finance his construction, he meets resistance. After all, the wise banker sees right through the young man.
The banker's daughter, Marta, who is a slender woman weighing 45 kilos, takes an interest in Benito. They eventually marry. Benito, who also convinces a money man to invest in his building, starts building his dream. Marta, who suspects Benito is having affairs behind her back, gets proof of her suspicions when she finds intimate apparel that Claudia, in a fit of anger puts in Benito's jacket. Benito, who denies his escapades, finally admits to them and brings Claudia to his bed and Marta accepts the situation and the three begin to have an open relationship.
Unfortunately, Benito's luck begins to unravel. After a tragic accident where Claudia dies, his construction is paralyzed after the big investor pulls out. Benito also has a long convalescence to mend his broken body. At this time Marta, who is fed up with the way things have turned out, gets angry at Benito when he brings a prostitute, Ana, who never reveals her actual weight, as a substitute for Claudia. Benito, ends up losing it all as he and Ana settle in Miami.
Bigas Luna, the director of this film is a man who is not afraid to show raw sex in his movies, as it's the case here. He is making a statement about how Benito misuses his macho magnetism in the way he treats Rita, Claudia and Marta. These women are avenged by Ana, who constantly cheats on him with the hunky gardener. So actually, Benito is reduced to a pathetic figure who doesn't have a penny and sees his world and his ambitions turn against him.
Javier Bardem makes a great impression as Benito. He had already collaborated with Bigas Luna; both actor and director understand one another well, therefore the good results. Maria de Medeiros has a small part, but she makes the best out of her Marta. The gorgeous Maribel Verdu is perhaps the woman who really loved Benito. Elisa Tovati is seen as Rita; Raquel Bianca plays Ana and Benicio del Toro appears briefly as the gardener who is serving Ana.
"Huevos de oro" is not a film for the faint hearted, or the prude. Bigas Luna gives his audience what is expected of him.