Law of Desire
Alternative title: La ley del deseo

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

A gay filmmaker navigates an obsessive fan while yearning for a lost love and managing a complex relationship with his trans sister.
Law of Desire is Pedro Almodóvar in exuberant early form: sexy, melodramatic, funny and emotionally reckless. Eusebio Poncela and Antonio Banderas drive a story of obsession and jealousy that keeps escalating without losing Almodóvar’s affection for his characters. Boldly gay and unmistakably his, it remains one of the director’s defining early films.

Law of Desire

Alternative title: La ley del deseo

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

A gay filmmaker navigates an obsessive fan while yearning for a lost love and managing a complex relationship with his trans sister.

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Law of Desire is Pedro Almodóvar in exuberant early form: sexy, melodramatic, funny and emotionally reckless. Eusebio Poncela and Antonio Banderas drive a story of obsession and jealousy that keeps escalating without losing Almodóvar’s affection for his characters. Boldly gay and unmistakably his, it remains one of the director’s defining early films.