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Madrid, Christmastime 1970: a prostitute gives birth to a son on a city bus in the dead of night. Victor, a handsome young misfit, is neither evil nor violent, but an inexperienced, hungry young man, and things tend go out of control when he is around. One such incident involves Elena, a rich girl...

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Main Author: Iglesias, Alberto (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Deseo, S.A, CIBY 2000 (Firm), France 3 cinéma (Firm), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm), Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Almodóvar, Agustin, Almodóvar, Pedro, Bardem, Javier, 1969-, Neri, Francesca, 1964-, Rabal, Liberto, Molina, Angela, Sancho, José, 1944-2013, Cruz, Penélope, Bardem, Pilar, 1939-, Angulo, Alex, Rendell, Ruth, 1930-2015
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In Spanish with optional subtitles in English, Franc̜ais or Español.
Published: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics : [2007]
Series:Viva Pedro, the Almodóvar collection.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Spain > Drama.
Adultery > Spain > Drama.
Police > Spain > Drama.
Paraplegics > Spain > Drama.
Spain > Social life and customs > 1951- > Drama.
Melodrama.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Spanish.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Madrid, Christmastime 1970: a prostitute gives birth to a son on a city bus in the dead of night. Victor, a handsome young misfit, is neither evil nor violent, but an inexperienced, hungry young man, and things tend go out of control when he is around. One such incident involves Elena, a rich girl dabbling in drugs, a terrible fight, one gun, and two police officers--David and Sancho. Victor, freed from prison, sleeps with the wives of the two officers who put him in jail -- first Sancho's wife Clara, then David's wife Elena, whom he both lusts for and bears a grudge against. The entire history of Spanish repression and guilt seems to gather inside the heads of these men and women. The essential question remains: How, as the grip of the Franco years is broken, will freedom reign?
Item Description:Basado en la novela de [based on the novel by] Ruth Rendell.
Originally produced as a Spanish motion picture in 1997.
Special features: Theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; anamorphic widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Audience:MPAA rating: Rated R.
Production Credits:Director de fotografia, Affonso Beato ; montaje [editor], José Salcedo ; música, Alberto Iglesias ; director artístico, Antxon Gomez ; directora de producción, Esther García.
ISBN:1424809525 (set)
9781424809523 (set)