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Carne trémula
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7.5/10   9,413 votes
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Release Date:
16 January 1998 (USA) more
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Life, love, desire...and everything in between.
Plot:
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun... full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 8 wins & 9 nominations more
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(16 articles)
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Mature but not tamed more (53 total)

Cast

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Javier Bardem ... David

Francesca Neri ... Elena
Liberto Rabal ... Víctor Plaza
Ángela Molina ... Clara (as Angela Molina)
José Sancho ... Sancho (as Jose Sancho)

Penélope Cruz ... Isabel Plaza Caballero (as Penelope Cruz)
Pilar Bardem ... Doña Centro de Mesa
Álex Angulo ... Conductor del autobús (as Alex Angulo)
Mariola Fuentes ... Clementina
Yael Be ... Chica
Josep Molins ... Josep
Daniel Lanchas ... Conductor
María Rosenfeldt ... Niña (as Maria Rosenfeldt)
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Also Known As:
Live Flesh (UK) (USA)
Carne de cañón (Spain) (working title)
En chair et en os (France)
Trembling Flesh (International: English title) (literal title)
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Rated R for strong sexuality, language and some drug content.
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103 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Javier Bardem's mother Pilar plays the midwife who delivers Victor at the start of the film. more
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15 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
Mature but not tamed, 2 June 1999
8/10
Author: leandros from Istanbul

Almodovar has always been the king of kitsch, the naughty, the pervert (who isn't anyway?), the generator of endless dirty language conversations, the good the bad and the ugly of the movie world. Well, he seems to have grown mature, but not tamed in that sense. He probably will be strongly criticized for the oral sex scene, on grounds that he is abusing disabled individuals, just like he was almost damned by feminists because of the looong rape scene in Kika. Well, although he seems to have moved away from his bright colors and chaotic chasing sequences, and although Live Flesh is to the best of my knowledge the first movie where he openly praises the post-Franco era, it was as tasteful as its predecessors. And who can build up such a web of events and relations better than Almodovar does, anyway?

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