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.
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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.
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