69% rating from 16 reviews with the consensus: "It isn't as provocative or amusing as it pretends to be, but Jamón jamóns cheerfully overheated melodrama is often its own reward." Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País wrote that the film "is uneven, it lurches and lurches, like a drifting canoe, but when it rises to the crest of its waves it reaches the memorable". The film was number one in Spain and grossed $2.5 million. It was also number one in Italy and grossed a further $3.5 million in Europe. Accolades |- | align = "center" | 1992 || 49th Venice International Film Festival || Silver Lion || Bigas Luna || || |- | align = "center" rowspan = "6" | 1993 || rowspan = "6" | 7th Goya Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Film || || rowspan = "6" | |- | Best Director || Bigas Luna || |- | Best Actor || Javier Bardem || |- | Best Actress || Penélope Cruz || |- | Best Original Screenplay || Cuca Canals, Bigas Luna || |- | Best Sound || Miguel Rejas Ricard Casals || |} Soundtrack "Házmelo otra vez" (Concha Valdés Miranda) See also List of Spanish films of 1992 Informational notes References External links 1992 films 1990s romantic comedy-drama films 1990s erotic drama films Spanish romantic comedy-drama films 1990s Spanish-language films Spanish satirical films 1990s sex comedy films Films directed by Bigas Luna Films set in Aragon Films shot in the province of Huesca Films shot in the province of Zaragoza Spanish erotic drama films 1992 comedy films 1992 drama films Films scored by Nicola Piovani 1990s Spanish films LolaFilms films