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Live Flesh

6.1

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Original title

Carne trémula

Year

1997

Running time

101 min.

Country

Spain

Director

Pedro Almodóvar

Screenwriter

Pedro Almodóvar, Ray Loriga, Jorge Guerricaechevarría. Novel: Ruth Rendell

Cast

Music

Alberto Iglesias

Cinematography

Affonso Beato

Producer

El Deseo, Ciby 2000, France 3 Cinéma

Genre

Drama. Thriller | Melodrama

Synopsis

Victor (Liberto Rabal), a pizza delivery man, is obsessed with Elena (Francesca Neri), a beautiful Italian junkie he met and slept with a few days ago. When his aggressive courting is mistaken for rape, cops David (Javier Bardem) and Sancho (Jose Sancho) show up at the scene, Victor's gun accidentally goes off and the younger David is shot and paralyzed. Four years later David is a wheelchair basketball star, now married to Elena. When Victor is released from prison, their destinies begin to cross again. But nothing is what it seems, and only when Victor turns this world upside down do we see the true picture.

Awards: 1998: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film not in the English Language

1998: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best European Film & Actor (Bardem)

1998: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nom. Best Int. Ind. Film - Foreign Lang.

1997: Goya Awards: Best Supporting Actor (José Sancho). 3 Nominations

1997: Satellite Awards: nominated to Motion Picture, International.

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Live Flesh

1997

Pedro Almodóvar

6.1

(15,984)