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Live Flesh (1997)
"Carne trémula" (original title)

R  |   |  Drama, Romance, Thriller  |  16 January 1998 (USA)
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After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...

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David
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Elena
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Víctor Plaza
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Clara (as Angela Molina)
José Sancho ...
Sancho (as Jose Sancho)
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Isabel Plaza Caballero (as Penelope Cruz)
Pilar Bardem ...
Álex Angulo ...
Conductor del autobús (as Alex Angulo)
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Clementina
Yael Be ...
Chica
Josep Molins ...
Josep
Daniel Lanchas ...
Conductor
María Rosenfeldt ...
Niña (as Maria Rosenfeldt)
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Storyline

Pizza delivery man Victor is having an argument with Elena, whom he met a few days ago, but she was high then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David and older Sancho, arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off.. Four years later David is a wheelchair basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again. Written by Anonymous

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Life, love, desire...and everything in between.


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Rated R for strong sexuality, language and some drug content | See all certifications »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$59,558 (USA) (23 January 1998)

Gross:

£179,285 (UK) (22 May 1998)
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Javier Bardem's mother Pilar plays the midwife who delivers Victor at the start of the film. See more »

Quotes

Sancho: You're aiming at your superior!
David: No, I'm aiming at a lunatic and a drunk!
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References Last Year at Marienbad (1961) See more »

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Whirl-y-reel 2
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Published by Real World Music Ltd., EMI Virgin Music Publishing, Sony Music Publishing
Copyright 1996 Real World Records Ltd.
Courtesy of Real World Records Ltd., Virgin Records Ltd., Carolina Records (North America)
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An excellent Almodovar's drama
12 May 2005 | by (Spain) – See all my reviews

If you intend to see such a film, I warn you that you should not miss any scene if you really want to understand its intelligently arranged plot. Sometimes I see Almodovar as a kind of Victor Hugo of cinema because he makes various complicated scenes not coherently inserted in the film that you should put in order step by step. May be in this way the excitement increases and you will be more anxious to know the end of the film. Javier Bardem (David) played the role of ex-agent and ex-basketball player who was shot in fact accidentally. The Italian actress Francesca Neri is David's wife, and young Liberto Rabal is Victor, the man supposedly spoiling the lives of others, and strong lover. Love and sex scenes of the film are intense as if they were real. The behavior of the actors and actresses in the film is convincingly human, i.e. people having their merits and shortcomings in their lives, there is no fictitious models of behavior. Almodovar, as usual, tries to reflect the reality. There are many good dramas in cinema but this one is probably one of the best.


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