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Live Flesh
Live Flesh
8.1
/10
7,316 Ratings

LIVE FLESH

Carne trémula

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Spain, France, 1997
Drama, Thriller, Romance

Synopsis

Víctor falls hard for Elena, but she doesn’t reciprocate his feelings. She does, however, have feelings for David, a policeman who arrives to break up an argument between her and Víctor. That encounter however takes an unexpected turn that leads these characters down a dark, twisty path.

Synopsis

Víctor falls hard for Elena, but she doesn’t reciprocate his feelings. She does, however, have feelings for David, a policeman who arrives to break up an argument between her and Víctor. That encounter however takes an unexpected turn that leads these characters down a dark, twisty path.

Our take

More Pedro! Live Flesh finds the Spanish maestro of kink once again defying categorization with this emotionally mature, eye-poppingly colourful web of desires and dramatic twists. An unlikely adaptation of British crime writer Ruth Rendell’s book, with Javier Bardem and a pre-fame Penelope Cruz.