Let’s imagine for a fun moment that you were the most desirable available woman on the planet. And your choice for a lover were: 1- The best race car driver in the world 2: The best matador in the universe 3: A ghost from the 17th century.

What would you choose? I know, me too. But we ain’t Ava Gardner, are we?
I, for one, I’m glad that I watched this film without reading a review of it before hand because I wouldn’t have watched it if I had known the story. But I loved this ludicrous retailing of some old Greek tale every step of the way. Ava Garner’s Pandora is interesting because she is a woman aware that she gets courted by the most attractive men in the world, the men every woman wants, yet she feels something is wrong with her: Why don’t any of these men tug at her heartstrings when every other woman wants them? She makes them do outrageous things just to see if that would make her feel something.
Directed by Andrew Lewin with James Mason, Nigel Patrick and Mario Cabre. Shot on the Costa Brava Esperanza. The great Jack Cardiff (Director of Photography) demonstrates his legendary lighting skills in wonderful night scenes.

Nights of Jack Cardiff.

Mario Cabre fought for five years starting in 1843. His stats as a pro torero include six hundred bulls, twenty wounds by bull horn including four serious injuries. Mario Cabré alternated the profession of bullfighter with those of actor, poet, TV broadcaster and musician. Both admitted starting an affair on the set. He wrote many poems for her.

By Alberto-g-rovi – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42251391