The law of desire
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The law of desire |
| Original title | La ley del deseo |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pedro Almodovar |
| script | Pedro Almodovar |
| production |
Agustín Almodóvar , Miguel Ángel Pérez Campos |
| music | Bernardo Bonezzi |
| camera | Ángel Luis Fernández |
| cut | José Salcedo |
| occupation | |
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The law of desire (original title: La ley del deseo ) is a film by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar from 1987, which premiered on February 7, 1987 in Madrid. In the same month it was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival . The Law of Desire was Almodóvar's first film to be shown in Germany.
action
The young Antonio loves the filmmaker Pablo and his sister Tina, who has been sexually reassigned. Pablo, for his part, vies for Juan, who doesn't want to know anything from him. When Antonio finds an alleged love letter from Juan to Pablo, he visits Juan and kills him. Antonio contacts Tina while the police investigate the murder. When Antonio is staying with Tina, Pablo realizes who the killer is and he warns Tina. The police alerted by Pablo surround Tina's house, while Pablo can be exchanged as a hostage for Tina. After an act of love with Pablo, Antonio shoots himself.
reception
- The kitschy melodrama offers the provocations that Almodóvar disciples expect from their master: homophilia, transsexuality and incest. ... All of this takes place in the avant-garde art scene in Madrid and ends (of course ?!) in murder and manslaughter. Until then, however, the full life is presented on the screen. (Film review on tvspielfilm.de)
- “Pedro Almodóvar, the eccentric among Spain's directors, who is now established as an Oscar winner, deliberately exaggerated this garish and sometimes deliberately kitsch triangular drama about homosexuality and gender swapping. So this is a rough tightrope walk between fat and repulsiveness. " (Film review on prisma-online.de)
- “The tragically ending love triangle between three men and the story of two brothers, one of whom became a woman after a sex change. A drastic, shrill and sometimes vulgarly staged film, intended as a study of loneliness and passion; in his tightrope walk between kitschy and repulsive details unsatisfactory and extremely ambivalent. " ( Lexicon of international films )
Awards
The Law of Desire was the first recipient of the Teddy Award , a film award for films with a gay and lesbian background.
background
The film was shot in the province of Cadiz and Madrid . The sequence around the murder of Juan was filmed at the Cape Trafalgar lighthouse . Both Pedro Almodóvar and Victoria Abril appear in supporting roles that are not featured in the credits .
Web links
- Law of Desire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release dates for The Law of Desire on imdb.com
- ↑ a b The Law of Desire on tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ The Law of Desire on prisma-online.de
- ^ The Law of Desire in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on April 14, 2012
- ↑ Awards in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Filming locations for The Law of Desire on imdb.com
- ↑ Full cast for The Law of Desire on imdb.com