The Ugliest Woman in the World
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{{Infobox film
| image = The Ugliest Woman in the World poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|La mujer más fea del mundo|nolink=yes}}
| director = Miguel Bardem
| screenplay = Nacho Faerna
| starring = {{Plain list|
- Elia Galera
- Roberto Álvarez
- Héctor Alterio
- Javivi
- Guillermo Toledo
- Enrique Villén
- David Pinilla
- Pablo Pinedo
- Alberto San Juan
}}
| studio = Aurum Producciones
| editing = Iván Aledo
| cinematography = Néstor Calvo
| music = Juan Bardem
| released = {{Film date|1999|10|11|Sitges|1999|11|05|Spain|df=yes}}
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
}}
The Ugliest Woman in the World ({{langx|es|La mujer más fea del mundo|links=no}}){{Cite book|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230601963_12|first=Juan Carlos|last=Martin|chapter=Representations of Humans and Technology: The Construction of Identity in Miguel Bardem, Pedro Almodóvar, and Alejandro Amenábar|year=2006|title=Science, Literature, and Film in the Hispanic World|editor-first=Jerry|editor-last=Hoeg|editor-first2=Kevin S.|editor-last2=Larsen}} is a 1999 Spanish science fiction comedy film directed by Miguel Bardem from a screenplay by Nacho Faerna which stars Elia Galera and Roberto Álvarez.
Plot
The plot is set in a futuristic 2011 Madrid, capital of the 3rd (Spanish) Republic. Extremely ugly woman Lola Otero is transformed into a beauty in the wake of an experiment carried out by a mad scientist, thereby going into a killing rampage to take revenge for all the humilliations she has suffered.{{Cite web|website=El País|date=3 November 1999|first=Elsa|last=Fernández Santos|title=Miguel Bardem estrena un cuento de hadas y de terror sobre la fealdad|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/11/03/cultura/941583614_850215.html}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Elia Galera as Lola Otero{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|page=399}}
- {{ill|Roberto Álvarez (actor)|es|Roberto Álvarez|lt=Roberto Álvarez}} as teniente Arribas{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- Héctor Alterio as Dr. Werner{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- Javivi as sargento Pelayo{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- Alberto San Juan as Luis Casanova{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- Enrique Villén as Abella{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- Guillermo Toledo as Lafuente{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- David Pinilla as Pizarro{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- Pablo Pinedo as León{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- {{ill|Saturnino García|es}} as forense{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- Luis Ciges as el anciano vicioso{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- María Isbert as la anciana borde{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
- Anabel Alonso as Rocío{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
}}
Production
Release
The film was presented at the 32nd Sitges Film Festival in October 1999.{{Cite web|date=13 October 1999|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/10/13/cultura/939765612_850215.html|website=El País|first=Casimiro|last=Torreiro|title=Miguel Bardem se adentra en el siglo XXI y destapa una España casposa y divertida}} It was released theatrically in Spain on 5 November 1999.{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=399}}
Accolades
{{Awards table|5}}
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| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2000 || rowspan = "2" | 14th Goya Awards || Best New Director || Miguel Bardem || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/la-mujer-mas-fea-del-mundo|access-date=27 July 2023|title=La mujer más fea del mundo|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|website=premiosgoya.com}}
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| Best Special Effects || Alejandro Álvarez, David Martí, José Álvarez, Reyes Abades || {{nom}}
|}
See also
References
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Category:Spanish science fiction comedy films
Category:Spanish-language science fiction comedy films
Category:1990s Spanish-language films
Category:Spanish serial killer films