LAW OF DESIRE (La ley del deseo) 1987
Directed by Pedro Almodovar
102 minutes
In Spanish with English subtitles
Although he had been churning out films for years, the seventh feature film of Pedro Almodovar (Woman on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown, Volver, Talk to Her) was the film that finally gave him international recognition. All of Almodovar's films are full of wild fantasy, but in this film fantasy and real life come together in what is considered to be the most personal (even autobiographical) film of his career. In this film we see the template for many of the themes that he would further develop in his later films, so LAW OF DESIRE was a real turning point in his film making.
Pablo is a writer/director of fantastic films. He gets into the snares of an obsessive admirer (a very young Antonio Banderas in a great performance) who has a fatal attraction and will kill for his love. The film reveals the depth of the character\'s feelings with such subtlety and delicacy that as viewers we find ourselves unable to judge the characters\' actions. In La ley del Deseo, murder and suicide become extreme natural consequences of the character's love and suffering. It is a melodrama about love as an overriding need, which raises many questions about the very nature of love and passion.
In this film you will already find many of the devices Almodovar uses in his later films, including telephones, drug use (cocaine in particular), dysfunctional families, trans-sexual ambiguity, pedophile priests, and hospitals. And oh yes, it also includes a wonderfully unique version of Jacques Brel\'s \"Ne me quitte pas\".....
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