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Flower Of My Secret
1995
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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Truth versus fiction is the concern of this drama from Pedro Almodóvar, which constitutes a marked change of pace for the cult Spanish director. Almodóvar tones down his usual camp satirical sensibilities to tell the engaging story of a romance novelist (Marisa Paredes) whose work is suffering because her marriage is falling apart. And that's not all; her best friend is betraying her, her half-blind mother and her sister are driving her crazy, and her maid's son has plagiarised one of her manuscripts. Paredes gives an extraordinary performance as the writer in crisis, suffering gloriously in a lush tragicomedy that boasts a scorching script, observant details, sharp visual contrasts and moments of truly biting humour.
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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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Here we have Almodóvar's most open, unadorned, emotive and maybe even courageous film to date, an intimate portrait of... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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Almodovar not quite in full bloom
A more low-key and sombre effort from Almodovar, which offers a great role for Marisa Paredes but ultimately doesn't lead us anywhere too interesting. She ... more
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Almodovar not quite in full bloom
A more low-key and sombre effort from Almodovar, which offers a great role for Marisa Paredes but ultimately doesn't lead us anywhere too interesting. She ... more
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[Highly rated reviewer]
very bad almodovar film
when my friends saw this after the dreadful Kika they said this was a true return to form. This has all the Almodovar images in it- women in crises, ... more
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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Almodovar not quite in full bloom
A more low-key and sombre effort from Almodovar, which offers a great role for Marisa Paredes but ultimately doesn't lead us anywhere too interesting. She ... more
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Does Almodovar think he can stop trying?
I have been a huge Almodovar fan for years and eagerly anticipated the arrival of this DVD. What a dissapointment!
The performances were wooden (... more -
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very bad almodovar film
when my friends saw this after the dreadful Kika they said this was a true return to form. This has all the Almodovar images in it- women in crises, ... more
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Almodovar
This is a bit different from his other movies: no gays, no rape, no murder. Just a simple breakup story (with predictable team up). He is changing????
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Flower of my secret
Good twists and turns, especially halfway through the film, make this Audrey Tautou film very French and enjoyable. She doesn't play anything like the sweet... more
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Boring
An utterly pointless film. I was totally bored, and almost didn't bother watching all of it, but did so just in case it got better. It didn't.
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Spanish challenge
Slighty weird film, but once you understood what was going on it was actually quite good.
Critics' reviews (3)
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Truth versus fiction is the concern of this drama from Pedro Almodóvar, which constitutes a marked change of pace for the cult Spanish director. Almodóvar tones down his usual camp satirical sensibilities to tell the engaging story of a romance novelist (Marisa Paredes) whose work is suffering because her marriage is falling apart. And that's not all; her best friend is betraying her, her half-blind mother and her sister are driving her crazy, and her maid's son has plagiarised one of her manuscripts. Paredes gives an extraordinary performance as the writer in crisis, suffering gloriously in a lush tragicomedy that boasts a scorching script, observant details, sharp visual contrasts and moments of truly biting humour.
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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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Here we have Almodóvar's most open, unadorned, emotive and maybe even courageous film to date, an intimate portrait of... read more on Time Out
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