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Bad Education
Why this pick
Almodóvar returns to queer desire, artistic creation and unstable identity through a lush, noir-tinged structure that preserves the charged emotional volatility of Law of Desire.
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MOVIE1987 1h 42m ESP
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Its Madrid setting, camp-inflected melodrama and erotic danger make it an especially close companion, with desire expressed as both performance and threat.
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Why this pick
It shares Law of Desire’s flamboyant Madrid sensibility, emotionally extravagant characters and pleasure in mixing melodrama, comedy and crime.
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Why this pick
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Live Flesh
Why this pick
For the same blend of sensuality, chance encounters and volatile relationships, though shaped as a more tightly wound crime melodrama.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Pablo Quintero is a successful gay film and theatrical director whose latest work, ''The Paradigms of the Mussel'', has just been released. At the opening night party, he discusses with his much younger lover, Juan, their summer plans. Pablo would stay in Madrid working on a new project, while Juan would leave for his hometown in the south to work in a bar and stay with his family. Pablo is in love with Juan, but he realizes that his love is not returned with the intensity he desires.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Carmen Maura
Tina Quintero
Eusebio Poncela
Pablo Quintero
Manuela Velasco
Ada, la niña
Germán Cobos
El Cura
Rossy de Palma
Locutora tele
Antonio Banderas
Antonio Benítez
Fernando Guillén
Inspector de policía
Nacho Martínez
Doctor Martín