Law of Desire (eng subs) 1987 dir Pedro Almodovar

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093412/




La Ley del deseo (1987)



This is a digitized VHS transfer [widescreen] using ADS Tech DVDXpress.



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