Juventud a la intemperie

Ignacio F. Iquino won a special prize for the direction of this movie.

One of the pioneers of the double version, one accommodating the strict moral censorship of Spain (87 minutes), and another with more daring scenes for the export market (97 minutes). Rita Cadillac, a professional stripper from the Crazy Horse (Paris), sings two songs in the Spanish version - a Cha Cha Cha in a disco, and a French song at a gambling house; it's in the foreign version that Rita shows more of herself, and her strip-tease art. The director explains how he created the scene: «"I was in Paris and the Crazy Horse was showing a gal named Rita Cadillac - a wonderful lady. One evening I met her, put her in a car, and brought her to Barcelona. We started shooting, without asking for permits. She was a «stripteuse», at a time when most people got very nervous about «strip-tease». We did one version for the foreign markets, and it was obviously sold all over the world." This quick shooting operation was made possible because at the time, director Federico De Urrutia managed a party room at Castelldefels, a beach village in Baix Llobregat, Barcelona.