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A woman who lives a double life finds that being a successful romantic novelist does not necessarily bring happiness. Her husband does not love her, her best friend seems distracted and her mother and sister are too busy bickering to notice that anything is wrong. She stops writing and finds solace in the bottle but finds an .. Read more
| Starring | Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carmen Elias, Rossy de Palma |
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| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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A woman who lives a double life finds that being a successful romantic novelist does not necessarily bring happiness. Her husband does not love her, her best friend seems distracted and her mother and sister are too busy bickering to notice that anything is wrong. She stops writing and finds solace in the bottle but finds an unlikely rescuer putting her on a collision course to a new emotional entanglement.
| Starring | Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carmen Elias, Rossy de Palma, Chus Lampreave, Kiti Manver, Joaquin Cortes |
|---|---|
| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1995 To Rent: DVD: 12 Jun 2006 |
Rather like his heroine, Almodóvar abandons his camp frivolities for something more mundane; it is sometimes effective, but as artificial as ever and not entirely convincing.
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A wonderful surprise
This is one of the less well-known recent Almodovar movies and it is a great predecessor to All about my mother and Talk to her, movies ... read more »
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Flower of the hidden secret
Very endearing film with some believable acting. The dry comedy is great also so well worth watching if you are one who does not mind watching/listening via ... read more »
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Couldn't see it through.
I couldn't be bothered to watch this. Not even good to look at let alone an ineteresting line of dialogue. Give it a try by all means but just started ... read more »
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another good movie
This was less manic than many of his films but really good none the less. I love the actors he uses!
The name of Pedro Almodóvar’s production company is El Deseo: Desire films. It’s a quality much in evidence in the vividly carnal, erotic, outrageous and anguished melodramas in which he specializes. Desire – a word that contains lust, love, venality, revenge and ambition – propels his characters as they careen from crisis to crisis, which must be why Almodovar’s heroes and (more often) heroines are almost always in a state of heightened agitation. If we had an... Read more