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La Ley del deseo  (1987)

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Law of Desire or La ley del deseo (in original Spanish) is a 1987 film by Pedro Almodóvar. Considered to be Almodóvar's first explicitly gay film, it focuses on a complex love triangle between three men. It follows the more serious tone set by his film Matador, exploring the ways in which society represses an individual's true desires with tragic consequences. The movie is currently rated NC-17 in the USA.

The film was released the same year that Fatal Attraction came out. A major American film with a similar plot about a one night stand gone wrong. (Although with heterosexual characters.)

Howrver this film is at its core a story about love and the power and falsity of words.  I first saw this film at its American realease with a friend of mine from Bogota who was moved to tears both by the story's finale and by the soundtrack; he kept saying, 'this is so beautiful, and cant explain it in English but it is so beautiful.


 Eusebio Poncela ...  Pablo Quintero 
 Carmen Maura ...  Tina Quintero 
 Antonio Banderas ...  Antonio Benítez 
 Miguel Molina ...  Juan Bermúdez 
 Fernando Guillén ...  Inspector de policía 
 Manuela Velasco ...  Ada, niña 
 Nacho Martínez ...  Doctor Martín 
 Bibiana Fernández ...  Ada - madre (as Bibí Andersen) 
 Helga Liné ...  Madre de Antonio 
 Germán Cobos ...  El Cura 
 Fernando Guillén Cuervo ...  Policía, chico 
 Marta Fernández Muro ...  Una Groupi 
 Lupe Barrado ...  Enfermera 
 Alfonso Vallejo ...  Sargento 
 Maruchi León ...  Hermana de Juan 

Soundtrack:

"Déjame recordar"
Written by José Sabre Marroquín
Performed by Ignacio Villa (as Bola de Nieve)

"Lo dudo"
Written by Chucho Navarro
Performed by Trío Los Panchos

"Ne me quitte pas"
Written by Jacques Brel
Performed by Maysa Matarazzo