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- Release date: March 5, 1987 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093412/
- Director: Pedro Almodovar http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093412/
- Writer: Pedro Almodovar http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093412/
- Editor: Jose Salcedo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093412/
- Production company: Deseo/Lauren Films http://www.starpulse.com/movie/The_Law_o...
- Studio: Cinevista http://www.amazon.com/Law-Desire-VHS-Agu...
- Running time: 102 minutes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093412/
- MPAA rating: NC-17 http://calendar.boston.com/movies/show/2...
- Genre: Drama http://www.videodetective.com/titledetai...
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Law of Desire is a 1987 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and his first with explicit homosexual themes. It stars Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela and Miguel Molina. Some have compared it to the American film Fatal Attraction.
Plot Synopsis
Movie director Pablo Quintero (Eusebio Poncela) has just released his latest film. At the premiere, he meets and has a one-night stand with Antonio Benitez (Antonio Banderas), a fan of his. Pablo dismisses the encounter and returns to his long-term partner, Juan Bermúdez (Miguel Molina). Antonio, jilted, becomes violently jealous and kills Juan; soon after, Pablo develops amnesia.When he regains his memories, he discovers that Antonio has taken up with his sister Tina, an aspiring actress and transgendered woman who is raising her niece, Ada. Antonio holds them hostage to force Pablo to see him again.
Reviews
"Pedro Almodovar's vibrant treatment of gay life in post-Franco Madrid has a lot to recommend it, but little of this has to do with its contrived plot, which bears a queasy resemblance to the earlier Fatal Attraction and resorts to hackneyed devices such as amnesia."—Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Readerhttp://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/law-of-desire/Film?oid=1072898"Almodovar clearly demonstrates that weighty subject matter need not be presented in a meditative manner. Light-hearted touches often deliver more effectively--just like Life."—John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviewshttp://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_80/law_desire2.htm
"Almodóvar’s affection for his characters’ foibles and fetishistic carnal appetites makes his engagingly loopy narrative more than a simple Telemundo-on-acid joke."—Nick Schager, Lessons of Darknesshttp://www.nickschager.com/nsfp/2004/05/the_law_of_desi.html
Cast
- Antonio Banderas as Antonio Benítez
- Carmen Maura as Tina Quintero
- Eusebio Poncela as Pablo Quintero
- Miguel Molina as Juan Bermúdez
- Fernando Guillen as Inspector de policía
- Nacho Martinez as Doctor Martin
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