There are many real incidents and film and television productions of students in mission schools being sexually assaulted or coerced by priests. Usually, such serious and serious incidents must make people feel depressed and angry when watching movies, but Almodovar When telling such a story, the master of "farce" shows his superb narrative ability while trying to erase the elements that should have made people angry, such as pedophilia, suspense, murder, homosexuality, transgender people, these familiar Almodovar elements Everything is complete, chickens fly and dogs jump, character relationships and buried secrets are not fully revealed and filled with the story as the story progresses until the narration of the pedophile priest is completed, which is similar to "Return".
In terms of the complexity and concealment of character relationships, this film can be said to be the best of Almodóvar's works. The hidden nature of this character relationship is based on the actively hidden narrative. The first half shows the homosexual love between Enrique and Iglesiao in the mission school and the priest's threat and violation of Iglesiao. . And this show is presented in the form of a play within a play. In the play, Iglecio is played by his younger brother Juan. In the end, Iglecio in the play is killed by the assistant of the priest who once hurt him. And off-screen, Juan pretended to be his brother, took the script to find Enrique, who is now the director, and asked to shoot the script. The film keeps lingering ambiguous between memory and fiction, until Enrique finds out that Iglesio has died, Juan is a fake impostor, and Enrique is "male" with Juan and agreed. The scene within the play surfaced only when he was asked to film the script and asked him to play his brother. Almodovar broke the linear time to make the first half of the story unreal, coupled with Juan's deceptive behavior, making the film many "gentle" reversals. The appearance of the priest's real body in the second half revealed the cause of Iglesiao's death. Iglesio grew up and became a transgender addict. He blackmailed the priest who had harmed him now, and he kept asking his family for money to take drugs. Huan was dissatisfied, and Juan "added men to men" for money and the priest who came to the door. In the end, Juan and the priest conspired to murder Iglecio. All are driven by desire to become desperadoes. Juan, a femme fatale, eventually became a movie star and killed the priest who blackmailed him, while Enrique, who was once violated by the priest, always sticks to the director's path. Two of the four people died, and the other two escaped separately. It is difficult to have too much room for interpretation in a movie with such a strong plot. Almodovar's storytelling ability has been best presented in this film. In terms of emotional appeal and empathy, it is not as good as several other female-centered works.
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