A beauty and the beast tale with a whole lot of twists, most of them nasty. A relentless, hedonistic womanizer, the handsome and wealthy César (Eduardo Noriega) meets his grim match in the comely, unbalanced Nuria (Najwa Nimri): On César's 25th birthday,
the casually discarded beauty persuades him to join her for a drive in her snazzy red Alfa Romeo, then floors the accelerator and drives it right off the road. César is left horribly disfigured and drowning in bitterness. Specifically, he pines for Sofia (Penelope Cruz), the beautiful girl he met
at his birthday party, hit on despite the fact that she arrived with his best friend Pelayo (Fele Martinez), and has con...
Released:
1998
Rated:
R
Length:
119 mins