''The Ugliest Woman in the World'' ( es, La mujer más fea del mundo, links=no) is a 1999 Spanish science fiction comedy film directed by

Miguel Bardem Miguel Bardem (born 1964) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Life Bardem comes from a well-known family of actors. His father was director Juan Antonio Bardem, and his aunt is actress Pilar Bardem. Pilar's children, Javier, Mónica ...

from a screenplay by Nacho Faerna which stars

Elia Galera Elia Galera (born March 19, 1973) is a Spanish actress and television presenter. She has worked with famous directors such as Agustín Díaz Yanes and Carlos Saura, sharing the stage with Alberto San Juan, Robert Alvarez, Victoria Abril, Penél ...

and Roberto Álvarez.

Plot

The plot is set in a futuristic 2011

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, capital of the 3rd (Spanish) Republic. Extremely ugly woman Lola Otero is transformed into a beauty in the wake of an experiment carried out by a

mad scientist The mad scientist (also mad doctor or mad professor) is a stock character of a scientist who is perceived as " mad, bad and dangerous to know" or "insane" owing to a combination of unusual or unsettling personality traits and the unabashedly amb ...

, thereby going into a killing rampage to take revenge for all the humilliations she has suffered.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Nacho Faerna. The film is an Aurum Producciones production.

Release

The film was presented at the 32nd

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in October 1999. It was released theatrically in Spain on 5 November 1999.

Accolades

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14th Goya Awards The 14th Goya Awards were presented at L'Auditori in Barcelona, Spain on 29 January 2000. It was the first Goya awards ceremony to have taken place outside of Madrid. ''All About My Mother'' won the award for Best Film. Winners and nominees Maj ...

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Best New Director ''Best New Director'' was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993. 1980s 1989 *Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V'' **Runners-up: St ...

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References