Overview
Plot
A filmmaker reconnects with an old friend who brings a semi-autobiographical script about their Catholic boarding school youth, forcing him to relive the past and confront themes of identity and trauma.
- Directors
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast
- Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar, Francisco Maestre, Francisco Boira, Juan Fernández, Nacho Pérez, Raúl García Forneiro, Javier Cámara, Alberto Ferreiro, Petra Martínez, Sandra, Roberto Hoyas, Agustín Almodóvar, Robert Forcadell, Luis Lobos Negros, Pol Monen, Sara Montiel, Pau Poch
- Country
- Spain
- Genre
- Drama, Crime
- Release date
- 2004-03-19
- Studios
- El Deseo
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When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. The script weaves through past and present, following a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.
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