''The Ugliest Woman in the World'' () is a 1999 Spanish science fiction comedy film directed by

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from a screenplay by Nacho Faerna which stars Elia Galera 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 "insanity, insane" owing to a combination of unusual or unsettling personality traits and the unabas ...

, 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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References