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José Luis works at his family's underwear factory, where Silvia, a young woman from the village, is employed on the production line. The two are involved, and when Silvia becomes pregnant, José Luis promises to marry her against his parents' wishes. His mother, Conchita, strongly opposed to a union with the daughter of a local brothel keeper, hires Raúl, a handsome would-be bullfighter who works at a ham warehouse and aspires to a career as an underwear model, to seduce Silvia and derail the wedding plans. The scheme sets off a series of developments that no one involved anticipates.

Bigas Luna directed and co-wrote the film with Cuca Canals, and it arrived between The Ages of Lulu and Golden Balls in his filmography, produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez. The cast includes Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan Diego, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, with Jordi Mollà also credited among the twenty-one names. Set in rural Spain, the film mixes comedy, drama and romance across its ninety-four minutes, using food, desire and social ambition as recurring motifs.

Audience response sits at modest levels: on IMDb the film holds 6.4/10 from around 17,000 votes, and on TMDB it has 6.2/10 from roughly 413 votes. The critics' rating of 6.3/10 from fifteen reviews places it close to both audience scores, indicating general agreement rather than a sharp divide.