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title: "Law of Desire"
brand: "antonio banderascarmen maurapedro almodovar"
price: "$83"
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# Law of Desire

**Brand:** antonio banderascarmen maurapedro almodovar
**Price:** $83
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- **What is this?** Law of Desire by antonio banderascarmen maurapedro almodovar
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## Description

Popular film director Pablo Quintero (Eusebio Poncela) has found a new love in the form of handsome blue-collar Juan (Miguel Molina). Not altogether comfortable with his lifestyle, Juan decides to leave Pablo for a while to contemplate his future. Pablo insists that Juan keep in touch by sending him love letters. Ever the director, he plans to write the letters himself, and have Juan mail them back with his signature. If you think that settles things, you don't know filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. Among the many plot complications in Law of Desire is Pablo's subsequent romance with the possessive Antonio (Antonio Banderas, whose "gay kiss" in the film prompted front-page headlines in the Brazilian press), and Pablo's efforts to film the life story of his sister (Carmen Maura), who started out life as his brother.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Early Almodovar
  

*by M***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 7, 2010*

Those familiar with Almodovar's "Bad Education" (2004) will be especially interested in his early treatment (1987) of the same subject. Once again a gay film director becomes sexually involved with a dangerous character played by a reigning stud-muffin---not Gael Garcia Bernal this time but the young Antonio Banderas. And, once again, homosexuality, the Church, modern Madrid, family relationships, transvestism and murder all play a part in the unpredictable plot. The fantasy-flashbacks of "Bad Education" are not present here but there are theater performances that provide their own heightened style. What's more, a number of subsidiary characters (mothers, cops, a doctor) add their quirky input, behaving as if this were THEIR movie and enriching its texture. Additionally, women have a stronger presence than in "Bad Education." Be aware that "Law of Desire" is as sexually explicit as the later film, particularly at the very opening. If memory serves, the English subtitles for the original theatrical release were better (sharper in tone) than those here, But it's great to have it on DVD. (It was previously in an Almodovar collection, but not available by itself.) For those not familiar with "Bad Education," I'd suggest getting both---they make an unbeatable double feature: dark, witty, knowing and obviously the expression of a master film-maker.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Didn't hold my interest
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 3, 2021*

This early film is of strong historical significance, which is why I bought it. But I found it uneven, and by the time I was halfway through, I was paying less attention to it. The romance isn't as passionate as it could be, the suspense was predictable, and the terror very muted. Interesting to see Banderas at the start of his career.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Lo dudo
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2007*

Not being able to get most of the Almodovar films on dvd for playing on USA dvd players is obnoxious and the only subtitled vhs tapes you can manage to get are video store throw outs which mercifully appear not to have been rented out much. Why no one wanted to watch them is troubling because his films are marvelous- made by someone who loves women, film, writing, music and who champions those who, in the midst of profound societal oppostion, create themselves and the love they deserve and crave.Law of Desire manages to break my heart and make me feel better about love and lust  every time i watch it .When i first saw it, a friend of mine was dying from AIDS so the impact the film has made on me has been enhanced twofold. I try to make everyone I meet watch it and if they do not ' get it' I wonder if they've ever really been in that sort of crazed love that makes all things possible and impossible. As Elvis Costello said, "they say they'd die for love and then they live it out"- here's a story about being able to not live it out.

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