Pedro Almodovar's transformation from scrappy,
epater le bourgeois rude boy into sophisticated interpreter of modern melodramas is remarkable, all the more so because he retained his anarchic energy and gleeful willingness to affront conventional mores. This ode to the peculiar strength and flexibility of love, romantic and platonic, is simultaneously perverse, overwrought, deeply creepy and truly moving, a high-wire act that finds humor in the grotesque and hope in emotional malformation. Benigno (Javier Camara) and Marco (Dario Grandinetti) are introduced watching a dance performance; each is alone and deeply moved by German choreographer Pina Bausch's nerve...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
113 mins