Law of Desire
– When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay i..
When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio (Antonio Banderas). Antonio intercepts their correspondence and flies into a towering rage, terrifying Pablo but inspiring him creatively as he works on a play about his transsexual sister.
05 Mar 1987
Spanish
No One 17 and Under Admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar (screenplay), Pedro Almodóvar (story)
Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina
Pablo and Tina have complicated sexual lives. Pablo writes and directs plays and films; he's gay and deeply in love with Juan, a young man who won't reply to Pablo's affection or letters. Pablo's sibling Tina is a transsexual, angry at men, raising Ada, and trying to make it as an actress. Pablo takes up with Antonio, a youth who becomes jealous of Pablo's love for Juan. Antonio seeks out Juan, and violence leads to Pablo's grief and a temporary loss of memory. When memory returns, he learns that Antonio has taken up with Tina. In horror, he hurries to Tina's rescue and must face Antonio and his desire.
10 wins & 3 nominations.
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