Live Flesh

★★★★★

Original title: Carne trémula · Turkish title: Çıplak Ten

“Life, love, desire... and everything in between.”

1997 · 1 h 43 min

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Drama

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Cast

Javier Bardem Penélope Cruz

Credits

Written by: Pedro Almodóvar

Plot

A man shot by a policeman after a prison term.

Sinekatalog’s take

Pedro Almodóvar's thriller-melodrama links several lives through a shooting and its aftermath. Sensual and twisty, it shows him stepping into more mature, richly plotted storytelling.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (35,938 votes)
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