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Almodovár's Best I wouldn't think that Pedro Almodovár could outdo his previous masterpiece Todo sobre mi madre, but I was wrong. This movie is much better than his other films and the most original, also. Almodovár knows how to handle his female cast beautifully and works so well with the women's emotions. The story goes like this: After an encounter at a theater, Marco (Grandinetti) and Benigno (Cámara) meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Marco is there because his girlfriend, Lydia (Flores), who is a bullfighter and has just been gored by a bull and put into a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after a woman (who he is in love with) who is in a coma, also. Her name is Alicia (Watling) and she is a ballet dancer. The lives of these four characters flow in all kinds of different directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them towards an unsuspected destiny. The cast is terrific and they work together perfectly, especially Cámara and Grandinetti in their scenes. The story is brilliant, one of the best I have heard in recent years. This film won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay of 2002. Before I had seen this movie I would have thought that it's competitor in that category, also a foreign film, would have won (Y tu mamá también). I bet that after anyone watches this they will have no doubt that it is the best story of the year. The ending of this movie is tragic... actually, the whole movie is tragic, but the ending will shock you and probably sadden you, too. You get to know these characters well and what ends up happening to them is very sad. Like most of Almodovár's other films, this movie has tragic results with slight comic relief and some creepiness, also. Almodovár as a director is a visionary. He earned an Oscar nomination for this film for Best Director and I completely understand why. He is a brilliant man with a passionate flare for filmmaking. His films can be labelled many things such as inspirational, heartbreaking and provocative. They'll suck you in and spit you back out with such force that you won't know what just hit you. A brilliant movie from a brilliant director. Nothing more you need except an astounding cast, and with this film, you get that, too. Go rent this today and be amazed by its captivating story. email this review to a friend
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