Azucena is 22 years old and lives with her mother, who, due to a past trauma, can no longer speak. Azucena works in a photography lab with her best friend Paqui, and has just broken up with her latest boyfriend Dani. Azucena lives in fear of sex and physical contact, hiding in her own sheltered world. Cesar, a plastic artist feels an obsessive attraction for Azucena, as a result, making her his inspiration. This obsession is painfully observed by Jacinto, the unstable artist's lover, who is himself involved in a violent and destructive relationship with Cesar.

1981 film

1982 film by Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero

78年柏林电影节最佳影片金熊奖和OCIC奖，实际上那届为庆祝西班牙电影经过独裁后重新回归欧洲舞台，主委会把所有参展的西班牙片都颁发了金熊奖。 Las Palabras de Max ("The Words of Max", sometimes translated as "What Max Said") is a 1978 Spanish film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro. It tells the story of a man who feels disconnected from people around him. Emilio Martínez-Lázaro (born 1945) is a Spanish film director famous for such films as The Other Side of the Bed and His Master's Voice. Spanish filmmaker Emilio Martínez-Lázaro's first association with cinema came when he joined the Escuela de Argüelles, a group of independent filmmakers. He made his first short film, Circunstancias del Milagro/The Circumstances of the Miracle, in 1968; re-edited in 1972 and retitled El Camino del Cielo/The Road to Heaven, it was shown at several international film festivals. He made his first feature, Pastel de Sangre/Blood Cake, in 1971. Martínez-Lázaro entered the television industry in 1974, directing episodes of numerous television series, and since then has continued to work in both venues. Martínez-Lázaro's 1978 film Las Palabras de Max/What Max Said shared a Golden Bear at that year's Berlin Film Festival with García Sánchez's La Trucha/The Trout. In addition to directing, Martínez-Lázaro has established himself as a noted screenwriter.