Name: La ocasión
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Javier Escrivá, Teresa Gimpera, Ángel Alcázar

So we have some hippies, we have an uptight couple. Hippies are nude, carefree, American. Couple is rich; he's got a stick up you know where; she wants anyone else's stick up the you know where. Miscommunication ensues resulting in tragedy. 

This is not Larraz's best film, nor his worst-- it just kind of exists. Some nudity, sex is limited to a few scenes at the end. Actors are serviceable; Angel Alcazar, I believe is the main hippie guy, brings an intense sex appeal that reminded me of Joe Dallesandro with a little bit more range. Film also has none of the atmosphere of Larraz's earlier work, or even Los Ritos... For Larraz completists only.

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