Rent Law of Desire (1987)
3.3 of 5 from 101 ratings
1h 38min
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- Synopsis:
- A real tour de force from the director Pedro Almodovar 'Law Of Desire' is a wildly funny, emotionally intense and deeply moving drugs-and-sex fuelled murder mystery, a breathless, vibrant riot of flaming passions run wild.
- Actors:
- Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina, Fernando Guillén, Manuela Velasco, Nacho Martínez, Bibiana Fernández, Helga Liné, Germán Cobos, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Marta Fernández Muro, Lupe Barrado, Alfonso Vallejo, Maruchi León, José Manuel Bello, Agustín Almodóvar, Rossy de Palma, José Ramón Pardo, Juan A. Granja
- Directors:
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Producers:
- Agustín Almodóvar, Miguel Ángel Pérez Campos
- Writers:
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Aka:
- La Ley del deseo
- Studio:
- Bluelight
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Drama Films & TV, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Pedro Almodóvar
- Countries:
- Spain
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/09/2016
- Run Time:
- 102 minutes
- Languages:
- Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of Law of Desire
Crazy, sexy, cool - Law of Desire review by CP Customer
This has all the main ingredients of a classic Almodovar romp: gender-bending characters, soap opera plot twists, mystery, humour and sex. The film does not yet have the multi-layered characters, emotional sensitivity or the polished aesthetic of Almodovar's later works like All About My Mother, Bad Education and (in my opinion the best Almodovar) Talk To Her. But it does have a young Antonio Banderas getting his kit off.
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Doomed Passion meets new Rpmantics - Law of Desire review by IM
This crazy, brilliant film is so early yet so typical of Almadovar's constant style and themes.
His latest Films refer back to this beginning - Pain and Glory is about an older film maker
and his past loves and works - The Human Voice is a return to Cocteau's play about a woman
abandoned by her boyfriend.
40 years since Law of Desire, but same preoccupations.
The there's Antonio Banderas who is a constant muse and a preoccupation with how life imitates and initiates art.
Appearances are always deceptive.
Trust is precious and can lead to your undoing. It's fraught with risk...
The past never goes away...however hard you try to move on and not look back - like Orpheus...
You're always in a show, but you never quite know who's watching!
These seem to me what this film is about.
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