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Live Flesh
World Cinema
Crime/Violence · Love/Romance · Suspense/Mystery · Sports · Eroticism · Impaired · Revenge · Psychology
- CountrySpain
- Production Year1997
- Running Time100min
- Format35mm
- ColorCOLOR
Program Note
This erotic thriller about passion and revenge spans almost 25 years, and is about Victor who was born on a Madrid night bus in 1970. Twenty years later, this child of the streets falls in love with Elena, a rich young woman hooked on heroin and TV. When he rings her doorbell, Elena who is expecting her dealer, lets him in. Victor is manipulated into playing the criminal, and during the commotion caused by the entrance of two policeman, Officer David is shot. When Victor returns four years later from prison his mother is dead and the paralyzed David has married Elena and she has found a new identity as a caretaker of handicapped children. Thoughts of revenge become an obsession for Victor. Bent on revenge, Victor meets Clara, the wife of David′s old partner, Sancho, and they become lovers. Furthermore, in spite of David′s threats, Victor persuades the sex-starved young Elena to become his lover. Elena tells everything to David; and the rejected Clara tells Sancho all. Passion, revenge and guns lead this film to a bloody finale.
Director
Pedro Almodovar
Born in 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Almodovar has been hailed as one of the most filmmakers of postmodern cinema in the 80s and 90s. His directorial debut was made with Pepi, Luci, Bom (80).
Selected Filmography: Dark Habits(83), Matador(86), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown(88),Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down(90), Live Flesh(97).
Credit
- Director
Pedro Almodovar - ProducerAugustin Almondovar
- CastJavier Bardem
Francesca Neri
Liberto Rabal
Angela Molina
Jose Sancho - ScreenplayPedro Almodovar
- CinematographyAffonso Beato
- Production DesignAntxon Gomez
Jose Maria de Cossio - EditorJose Salcedo
- SoundBernardo Menz
- MusicAlberto Iglesias
- World SalesGoldwyn Films
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