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Juego Peligroso (1967, aka Dangerous Game)

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This is one of those '60s films that falls into the 'portmanteau' category, where multiple casts, writers and directors would make separate but (assumedly) similarly-themed short films that could then be packaged together as a feature (q.v. "Six in Paris," "The Oldest Profession," etc.). I'm not sure exactly what the shared theme or topic is in "Juego Peligroso," other than a generalized '60s sort of weirdness. Maybe if my Spanish were better, I might have more of an idea.

The first segment stars Julissa and has her as a bride (in gown) whose groom's car breaks down, so she is taken into town (in this case Rio de Janeiro) by a passing motorist. The (she and the (passing motorist) go to a house (his? I'm not sure) where the sink goes berserk for some reason, and they both manage to get soaked. Then they go to the beach, he runs into the water, she thinks he's drowning, a lifeguard rescues him...also, they make out and (implicitly, I think) get it on. And then he takes her back to her husband. The end. (This part of the film was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which I guess should make it make more sense than it seems to.)

The second segment stars Silvia Pinal, coming off of a string of films for Luis Bunuel (including "The Exterminating Angel" and "Simon of the Desert"). Here she plays a jealous lover trying to get her man to murder his wife so that they can be together. Though it makes more sense than the first (and is twice as long at nearly an hour), it's the less interesting of the two, as it's more conventional and less weird, though not without its charms, of which Ms. Pinal is not the least.

All in all, an obscure, weird, but interesting rarity from south of the border, well worth tracking down for diehard G. G. Marquez, Julissa or Silvia Pinal fans. Also cool because it was shot in Rio in the '60s and has some groovy music on the soundtrack. Yeha!