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Bano de Damas

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My wife is originally from Ecuador. So I am always on the lookout for South American movies we can enjoy together. "Bano de Damas" is a Peruvian film that revolves around a large cast of characters that meet and interact in the bathroom of a city bar.

Some of main female character's are Mrs Lopez (a politican's wife), Chloe Cruz (a famous singer), Antonia (the bathroom attendant), two lesbian lovers and a drunk woman. The only significant male characters are Gaviota (a gay guy who longs to get a sex change operation) and Congressman Lopez (a violent, hypocritical scumbag who is cheating on his wife).

The previous reviewer has it wrong when he insinuiates this is a sexy movie intended for a male audience. In fact, this is a movie more likely to appeal to women. As it shows the perspective of a variety of different Latinas on issues such as gender roles, abortion, pregnancy, relationships and sex.

The "bad guy" of the movie is the lying, unfaithful Congressman Lopez who ends up finally getting what he deserves at the end of the film. This movie is from the male director Micheal Katz. But the female characters and the gay guy are the heroes as they encounter the sexism, violence and homophobia of "macho" Latin society.

There is actually a scene cut out of the movie, it is not on the DVD extras, but a friend of mine watched it on TV and noticed a sceen was cut. he was uspet because it involved 2 girls haha, funny for a scene like that to be included in the TV version yet cut from the film, but other than that, the film was confusing to me. the girl in the black dress on the cover is gorgoues, but the movie was difficult to understand, maybe it was just me. No action, little comedy, plenty love scene sofcourse...wlel just picture a spansh show from TV in a movie, samething.

baño de damas or(ladies room) presents the narratives of some women(and of others that are not, but would like to be) shared in a discotheque restroom.based on the play by the famed writer rodolfo santana.with stellar performance and daring scenes by renowned hispanic artists eduardo santamarina,viviana gibelli and lorena meritano. this movie shows us the complexities of the latin female persona in an utterly sensual.amusing and dramatic way... all culminating in the film's unexpected ending.

Very hot, steamy movie! I don't speak Spanish, but I was a big fan of "Viviana" (Viviana Gibelli's little comedy type show she had for a while) for "obvious" reasons, so I went for this movie. Not bad at all. hehe (And yes, English subtitles are available on this one.)