Live Flesh (film)
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| Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Produced by | Agustín Almodóvar |
| Written by | Jorge Guerricaechevarria Pedro Almodóvar Ray Loriga |
| Based on |
Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell |
| Starring |
Javier Bardem Francesca Neri Liberto Rabal |
| Music by | Alberto Iglesias |
| Cinematography | Affonso Beato |
| Edited by | José Salcedo |
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Warner Sogefilms (Spain) Orion Pictures (US) 20th Century Fox (Mexico) Pathé (UK) |
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103 minutes |
| Country | France Spain |
| Language | Spanish Italian |
| Box office | $1,713,459 |
Live Flesh (Spanish: Carne Trémula) is a 1997 Spanish romantic drama thriller film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem, and Francesca Neri. The film is loosely based on Ruth Rendell's book Live Flesh.
Madrid, Christmas 1970. The Franco regime has declared a state of emergency curtailing civil liberties. A young prostitute, Isabel Plaza Caballero (Penélope Cruz), gives birth on a bus to a son she names Víctor. Twenty years later, Víctor Plaza (Liberto Rabal) shows up for a date with Elena (Francesca Neri), a junkie with whom he had sex a week earlier. Elena is waiting for her drug dealer to arrive and orders Víctor to leave, eventually threatening him with a gun. Enraged, Víctor wrestles the gun from her; in the process Elena gets knocked out, and the gun goes off. A neighbour hears the shot and calls the police.
Two cops respond to the report. The older cop, Sancho (José Sancho), is an unstable alcoholic who suspects his wife Clara (Angela Molina) of infidelity. The younger cop, David (Javier Bardem), more clean-cut and sober. Through the window they catch sight of Víctor physically struggling with Elena. Sancho is ready to storm the apartment, while David wants to call for a back-up. When they enter, Víctor holds Elena hostage at gunpoint. David tries to calm him down and get him to drop his gun, but Sancho sabotages his efforts by repeatedly threatening Víctor. Finally, David puts his gun to Sancho's head and gets first Sancho and then Víctor to put down their guns. David orders Elena to flee. Sancho then lunges for Víctor, and as they wrestle for the gun it fires.
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