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Kamryn 2022-04-19 09:02:57

Works from 1998.

The birth of Victor, the protagonist of the novel, attracted the attention of the city. The mother gave birth to Victor in the car that was taken to the hospital. The mayor gave mother and son a set of baby kits, and the minister of transportation gave mother and son two cards that would give them a free ride forever. Victor's mother was a prostitute, so Victor never knew that his father had lived with drugs, sex, and theft since he was a child.

One day, Victor met the heroine Elena. After the two had sex, Victor came to Elena's house as promised, but Elena, who was hiding in the poison, didn't remember the boy at all. Although it was the boy's first time. The two were in an argument, which led to two police officers, David and Sancho. During the scramble, Sancho borrowed Victor's hand to shoot David. Because the latter has an affair with Sancho's wife, Clera.

Victor is in jail. Two years later, Victor saw David win a wheelchair basketball game next to Elena. Victor swears revenge. Four years later, Victor was released from prison and returned home. The only relative and mother has passed away, the family is in a mess, and this place is about to be demolished. In the future, this place will be a wide avenue.

When Victor was mourning his mother, the cemetery met Elena and met Clera. Clera sets out to help Victor start a new life. The two arrange the decoration of the home, and the two have sex.

In the end, Clera and Sancho shoot each other, and Elena, who learns the truth, is with Victor. It's another winter, and on the car to the hospital, Victor believes that his children should have a better life than himself.

There is good in the dark in the story. Victor was born into a family of prostitutes, without a father, surrounded by drug addicts and thieves. But this kind child just wanted to tell the girl who had sex with him. his mind. This kindness was taken advantage of in front of two unrelated police officers and was imprisoned for no reason. 6 years is not a long time, but Victor, who came back to this world, found that he was left with a messy home that was about to be demolished. Sex with Clera softened the boy. He no longer has hatred and revenge against David.

Elena, who has guilt about her past experiences, is tormented by her guilt towards Victor and responsibility towards David after learning the truth. The end of the story is a happy ending. Victor in the dark finally gets the woman he loves.

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  • Nicolas 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    Almodovar is quite entertaining. It's easy from the beginning to the middle, but he's still a revenge story after all, with five characters and multiple intricate relationships between men and women. It's handled well, but Sancho's line is a little weaker. . Young Baden did a good job.

  • Russell 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    The humiliated and the revengeful, the jealousy of men rises and falls. With so many stories of strange love and sin in Almodóvar's mind, it is inevitable that there are some fabricated cases with slightly immature motives. In the film, the two beautiful carcasses put together like erotic butts look harmonious, much more harmonious than unmatched love.

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  • Sancho: I don't know what to do.

    David: Try drinking less.

    Sancho: Non-drinkers think not drinking solves it all.

  • Elena Benedetti: Learn to wait? I don't give a fuck what Lou Reed says!