After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she’s married to the former cop, now basketball player, who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor’s gun…
The story begins in the 70's with Franco's edict depriving citizens of their civil rights while a pregnant prostitute gives birth to a son, Victor, on a city bus in the dead of night.
Cast: Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal, Ángela Molina, José Sancho, Penélope Cruz, Pilar Bardem, Álex Angulo, Mariola Fuentes, Yael Be, Josep Molins, Daniel Lanchas, María Rosenfeldt
About this movie
Title: Live Flesh | Carne trémula (1997)
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Date of birth: 25 September 1951, Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Writing credits: Pedro Almodóvar, Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Ray Loriga (based on the novel by Ruth Rendell)
Music: Augusto Algueró padre, Mario Cavagnaro, Mário Clavel
Year: 1997
Country: France | Spain
Language: Spanish | Italian
Color: Color
Runtime: 103 min.