- Actors: Penélope Cruz
- Directors: Bigas Lunas
- Format: PAL
- Language Spanish
- Subtitles: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.77:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Tartan
- DVD Release Date: 27 Dec 2000
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005421V
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 22,254 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Salted pork shanks as leitmotiv in Jamón Jamón a dark comedy about an absurd love triangle: this is what post-Franco cine is all about (food and sex). Spanish tortillas (i.e., potato omelets) are also big in this one. Director José Juan Bigas Luna is intelligent, wry, and--despite the formulaic narrative that melodrama must essentially contain--unpredictable. At times his film exudes a certain Almodóvar flavour, but there is an edge, perhaps even heavy-handedness, to the dark humour that is either Luna's success or his downfall. The film garnered the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, after all. Try to follow: sexy Penelope Cruz (Belle Epoque) is growing up with her mother outside town on the wrong side of the highway. Together they run a truck stop where cars and life literally race past. Cruz is in love with Jordí Molla, by whom she is pregnant, but Molla's bourgeois mother, played by Anna Galiena (Being Human), thinks he can and should do better (of course, neither Cruz nor his mother knows of the erotic, avian interludes Molla enjoys on the side.) To save her son from the lower classes, Galiena hires Javier Bardem, a muscular, pretty man (whose regular consumption of the pork he distributes for a living has enhanced his sexual appeal) to pursue Cruz. The dark comedy finds a proper ending to the triangle in a grotesque but comedic landscape of death. This is not a cookie-cutter movie but rather one that will resonate with both your light and dark sides. After each surprise, you'll chuckle, feel guilty, and chuckle again. --Erik Macki, Amazon.com
Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
DVD 5
Spanish
Region 0
Dolby Digital Spanish
Dolby Digital
Scene Selection
Theatrical Trailer
Star And Director Filmographies
Directors Notes
Film Review
English
DVD 5
Spanish
Region 0
Dolby Digital Spanish
Dolby Digital
Scene Selection
Theatrical Trailer
Star And Director Filmographies
Directors Notes
Film Review
English
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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What a superb film ! This is the one which introduced me to all things Spanish. Be warned though, I have given this 5 stars only because I am a huge fan of the wacky fast-paced plots of Spanish cinema.
What a superb film ! This is the one which introduced me to all things Spanish. Be warned though, I have given this 5 stars only because I am a huge fan of the wacky fast-paced plots of Spanish cinema.
For many years I believed that Jamon Jamon was typical of Spanish Cinema. However I have now come to realise that Bigas Luna was actually laughing at how foreigners interpret his native land: the references to ham, spanish omelette, garlic, the barren landscapes, fiery women, musica "bacalao" of the early 90's, all intertwined around a plot consisting of an underwear factory and a love-triangle.
Set on the outskirts of Madrid, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz are fantastic in this story of lust and temptation. This film is a must for anybody remotely interested in Spanish cinema.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This for me is one of the best films by Bigas Lunas although "The Tit & the Moon" comes a very close second. This is the tale of hot blooded spaniards caught in tangled love triangles. Penelope Cruz is stunning and I knew all those years ago that her beauty and innocence would carry her far. The blurb to the film really says it all as the truly strong characters in this film are the women. "A story where men eat meat and women eat men". Also starring Javier Bardem who went on to star in "Perdita Derango" with Rosie Perez this is a slice of Spain that I love. Also worth checking out by Bigas Lunas is Huevos D'Oro (Goldenballs).Enjoy.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is not your average run of the mill love story. It's an offbeat, somewhat excessive plot; a sort of love triangle but involving more than three people, all of whom are driven by lust and greed and seem to have no real control over their lives. If there is a message within the story, it is not glaringly obvious but it does make a mockery of love and highlights the fickleness of human nature, irrespective of age or experience. On the whole I found the film to be a little too contrived for my liking and the ending was rather elusive but overall it's worth a watch, if only to see angry Spaniards hitting each other with legs of ham.
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Hamming it Up!
How many films do you get where a big ham is used as a deadly weapon? No, I'm not joking and its use by Javier Badem (never more svelte and lean) is part of this love story. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tim Kidner
Greek drama set in Spain
Who writes the jackets for these DVDs? To call this "outrageously funny" and "outrageous comedy" is actually totally misleading. Read more
Published 3 months ago by F. L. P. Souza
Jamon Jamon [DVD] [Region 4]
I like this film very much and thought that Penelope Cruz's early performance a great one as was her future husband's and all the other actors! It was a great story.
Published 7 months ago by rickyska
Jamon Jamon ?............Come on.
Absolutely dire picture and sound quality on this movie made it almost unwatchable for me. Perhaps there's a good movie here somewhere, but this DVD transfer is a disgrace.
Published 15 months ago by Woody
So dull that I could not stand it for more than 45min
I ordered it Sunday evening and on Friday evening it was already in my hands in Switzerland! That is the excellent Amazon service that I am used to - unfortunately, this review is... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bernd Jackels
bad film
I found this film boring and ridiculous and realised afterwards it is supposed to be ironic. As another reviewer states the director's approach is heavyhanded and one is left... Read more
Published on 12 May 2010 by Mr. Robert Marsland
Penelope
Great 'gutsy' movie.
A simple story of a peasant girl trying to survive the love and lust tangles of teen dreams. If you like relationship stuff this is full of them. Read more
A simple story of a peasant girl trying to survive the love and lust tangles of teen dreams. If you like relationship stuff this is full of them. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by Mathsgames
What a twist!
I really like this film. I had high expectations of it because so much hype surrounds Jamón Jamón, and I was far from disappointed. Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by Dennis
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i would like to know if is possible to watch this dvd in the continental system for reading of a british dvd player. Read more
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I love this film... I saw it on the big screen when it was released in Spain, and wanted to have it in my DVD collection.
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