Dalí and Cela's “madame” reveals her sexual fantasies

Lydia Artigas, better known as Mrs. Rius, is one of the most famous “madames” in Spain. A book written by Julián Peiró collects anecdotes from her long working life in brothels. Mrs. Rius says that when she was working at the San Mario brothel, a sexagenarian Salvador Dalí walked through the door. He did it accompanied by “the Swedes”, a group of eight spectacular women. She then asked for “a duck”, already prepared. The women held him while he cut her throat, and helped him lower his pants and entered him during his death rattles. She also says that Camilo José Cela asked the girls to break entire dishes, or that Jean-Paul Belmondo had “very big teeth.” Mrs. Rius no longer practices. She manages the business by answering the phones and making appointments. She receives in an apartment on Villarroel street in Barcelona.