La Virgen de la Lujuria Director: Arturo Ripstein Mexico/Spain/Portugal, 2001, 110 min., 35mm Spanish with subtitles Screenings: Saturday, March 13, 9:45 pm Wednesday, March 17, 4:00 pm Friday, March 19, 7:00 pm Sunday, March 21, 10:00 pm Mexican film legend Arturo Ripstein’s 24th film is a stylized allegory of politics, sex and power set in 1940s Mexico. Luis Felipe Tovar (De la Calle, Todo el Poder, Men with Guns, The Mexican) stars as Ignacio “Nacho” Jurado, a waiter in the Café Ofelia whose main comfort outside of his demeaning job consists of a pornography collection. He falls for an opium-addicted, alcoholic prostitute named Lola (Ariadna Gil, Belle Epoque), who has been cast off by local masked wrestler Gardenia Wilson (Alberto Estrella). Lola returns Nacho’s affection with sadistic cruelty and humiliation. Meanwhile, a group of exiled Spanish Republicans in the café plot to kill Francisco Franco. Can Nacho win Lola’s heart by killing Franco himself? A sultry noir melodrama written by Ripstein’s wife and collaborator Paz Alicia Garciadiego. For mature audiences.