In Erice's Spirit of the Beehive the 'monster' is a Republican on the run found by a Frankenstein-fascinated little girl in Franco's labrinth. In Mal Dia the 'monster' is an East German wrestler down-on-his-luck in Uruguay. His promoter is an evil genius but the town they roll into is wise to them and has a fighter of their own.
This unlucky hulk happens to have knocked up a Lady Macbeth type.
"Jacob and the Other" is Onetti's title for the story upon which the film is based. This title foreshadows what we watch unfold in the second half of the film, just as the East German 'monster' is coming to some consiousness. We see the making of another monster; the town's fighter is destroyed and literally rebuilt by the town card-sharp doctor. But he will be his fiancee's bull. Someone must steer.
There is no hint of Nazis hinding out in this film. Jacob is in self-exile, like his Biblican name-sake.
This unlucky hulk happens to have knocked up a Lady Macbeth type.
"Jacob and the Other" is Onetti's title for the story upon which the film is based. This title foreshadows what we watch unfold in the second half of the film, just as the East German 'monster' is coming to some consiousness. We see the making of another monster; the town's fighter is destroyed and literally rebuilt by the town card-sharp doctor. But he will be his fiancee's bull. Someone must steer.
There is no hint of Nazis hinding out in this film. Jacob is in self-exile, like his Biblican name-sake.
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