Victoria Abril,
Marisa Paredes,
Miguel Bosé,
Anna Lizaran,
Mayrata O'Wisiedo
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A girl's mother returns after 15 years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother's) old boyfriends. They try to mend their broken mother/daughter relationship and deal with their common ...( read more
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An interesting case study in the relationships between women, both the biological kind and the transsexual kind. Almodovar's rich use of colour is gorgeous and reminiscent of an early 60s movie. Victoria Abril and Marisa Paredes are both wonderfully manipulative, cold, and vulner...( read more)
Rule of thumb for mothers: Don't screw your daughter's lover. That tends to make Thanksgiving/Christmas a WEE bit awkward.
A very excentric drama by Spanish master Pedro Almodovar. Spellbinding female performances by both Marisa Paredes and (especially) Victoria Abril. It was good overall; a little bit dramatic and over-the-top, but OK. Perhaps the second best choice to begin with Almodovar.
57/100
Un travesti muy sensual, un crimen, la historia de madre e hija, que buena peli
los enredos de las relaciones almodovarianas son geniales y Miguel esta mas que bien
no se pueden perder la actuacion de miguel bosč cantando... excelente!
one of my all-time favorite Almodovar films. Starts to show the more refined emotional/psychological handling of characters in the later films.
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