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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Pedro Almodóvar (screenplay)
Pedro Almodóvar (story)
Release Date:
5 March 1987 (Argentina) more
Plot:
A film makers sexual disorientation jepordizes his latest project. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
9 wins & 3 nominations more
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(3 articles)
Tiff ‘09: Broken Embraces
(From SoundOnSight. 24 September 2009, 8:25 PM, PDT)
60 Spectacular Almodóvariffic Years
(From FilmExperience. 24 September 2009, 9:03 AM, PDT)
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Fatal Attraction without the bunny. more (20 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Eusebio Poncela | ... | Pablo Quintero |
| Carmen Maura | ... | Tina Quintero |
 | Antonio Banderas | ... | Antonio Benítez |
| Miguel Molina | ... | Juan Bermúdez |
| Fernando Guillén | ... | Inspector de policía |
| Manuela Velasco | ... | Ada, niña |
| Nacho Martínez | ... | Doctor Martín |
| Bibiana Fernández | ... | Ada - madre (as Bibí Andersen) |
| Helga Liné | ... | Madre de Antonio |
| Germán Cobos | ... | El Cura |
 | Fernando Guillén Cuervo | ... | Policía, chico |
| Marta Fernández Muro | ... | Una Groupi |
| Lupe Barrado | ... | Enfermera |
| Alfonso Vallejo | ... | Sargento |
| Maruchi León | ... | Hermana de Juan |
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Law of Desire (USA)
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102 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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USA:NC-17 | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM18 | Brazil:16 | Portugal:M/18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Hong Kong:III | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:18 (f)
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In the scene where Tina (Carmen Maura) washes dishes in Pablo's (Eusebio Poncela) kitchen, she wears an apron that has the logo for "¿Que He Hecho Yo Para Merecer Esto!!" The logo is the same one as the one used for the Spanish posters for that film. more
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Satanasa more
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You will find all the familiar Almodovar devices here: telephones, drug use (cocaine in particular), dysfunctional families, sexual ambiguity, pedophile priests, and hospitals. These themes permeate his work, but they are woven intricately throughout this film.
Pablo (Eusebio Poncela) is a writer/director of fantastic movies. He gets into the snares of an obsessive (Antonio Banderas in a great performance) who has a fatal attraction and will kill for his love. At the same time, he has to deal with his transvestite sister played by Carmen Maura (Volver, Women on the Verge, Matador) in another magnificent role.
It is a melodrama about love as that is the overriding need for Banderas and for Maura, who has given up on men since her father left her. It is also about family. Of course, there is a crossing of genres as there is some comedy, but that is minor.
Another magnificent Almodovar film.