The Bobo

1967
PG
1h 45m

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Romantic Comedy Comedy Romance

To get his big break, a singing matador must win over the most beautiful and most elusive woman in all of Barcelona, in only three days.To get his big break, a singing matador must win over the most beautiful and most elusive woman in all of Barcelona, in only three days.To get his big break, a singing matador must win over the most beautiful and most elusive woman in all of Barcelona, in only three days.

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5/10

some fun sequences

Peter Sellers stars with his then-wife, Britt Ekland, and Rosanno Brazzi in "The Bobo" from 1967.

The always funny Sellers plays a singing matador named Juan, who comes to Barcelona to make his fortune. He sings for an unimpressed local impresario (Adolfo Celi), who agrees to book him on one condition. Juan has to spend an evening with Olimpia (Ekland), a flirt who gets whatever she wants from men, including apartments and sports cars, and then she drops them.

Juan pretends he is the messenger of a wealthy count and works at seducing her.

Anything with Sellers is good, I think, but in this period of time he was going through some kind of identity crisis. He was married to beautiful Britt Ekland and trying to change his image somewhat. The movie isn't very good, but there is some fabulous dancing, music, and atmosphere, and chemistry between Sellers and Ekland. Sellers has funny moments as well.

The film has an unexpected ending which a lot of people did not like. I thought it fit. There's not much here, but if you want to see flamenco dancing like you'll never see it again, see this film for the nightclub scene.

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Jul 13, 2016
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Trivia
The third and final movie pairing of then husband and wife Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland.

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Olimpia has locked Pepe Gamazo out of his apartment. In the opening scene, Pepe chases her from the street in an attempt to reenter his apartment. Before he begins running, his long straight hair has a distinct part on the left side that exposes a large portion of his bare forehead. However, Olimpia beats him to the door. When Pepe reaches the apartment door, his hair is now windblown so that the part no longer shows (now resembling Moe of the Three Stooges). Yet when Olimpia looks through the peephole, his hair is neatly parted with a large portion of his forehead again visible. After she opens the door and pushes him into the elevator, he reverts back to the windblown look without parted hair. Later in another scene when Pepe knocks on the door, his hair is windblown with his forehead covered by his hair. Again, the next point of view Olimpia sees through the peephole is him with neatly parted hair and his forehead exposed.

Quotes
Olimpia Segura: Take me home!
Juan Bautista: Senorita, I can see that you are angry and you are completely justified. You are a lady of quality and you have been inconvenienced. Well, I am not going to allow the Count the satisfaction to arrive here and find you waiting for him. I shall request the bill immediately! Waiter, give this lady the check!