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Bigas Luna often films conversations with overlapping, naturalistic dialogue—characters interrupt, talk over one another, or mumble. Subtitling conventions prioritize clarity over fidelity. As a result, subtitles for Jamón Jamón frequently condense or omit secondary lines. For example, in the famous scene where José Luis (Jordi Mollà) and Raquel argue about pregnancy, their rapid-fire exchanges force subtitles to reduce two or three utterances into one concise line. This leads to a loss of the original’s chaotic, raw energy—an energy central to the film’s aesthetic of exceso (excess).