The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
306 audience votes
Key crew
- Pedro AlmodóvarDirector
- Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay
- Jesús FerreroScreenplay
- Bernardo BonezziOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Assumpta SernaMaría
- Antonio BanderasAngel
- Nacho MartínezDiego
- Eva CoboEva
- Julieta SerranoBerta
- Chus LampreavePilar
- Carmen MauraJulia
- Eusebio PoncelaCommissioner
- Bibiana FernándezFlower Seller
- Luis CigesGuard
- Eva SivaHousekeeper of María and Diego
- Verónica ForquéJournalist
Stills
Themes
rapebullfightingdrowningmadrid, spainreligious educationangelnecrophiliasadomasochismmatador (bullfighter)euphoric