Synopsis
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena. But, she's married to the former cop-now basketball player-who became paralyzed by a shot from Víctor's gun.
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Cast
- Javier BardemDavid de Paz
- Francesca NeriElena Bernadetti
- Liberto RabalVíctor Plaza
- Ángela MolinaClara
- José SanchoSancho
- Penélope CruzIsabel Plaza Caballero
- Pilar BardemDoña Centro de Mesa
- Álex AnguloBus Driver
- Mariola FuentesClementina
- Yael BeChica
Recommendations
- 90
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Live Flesh, the best movie from Almodóvar since that Iberian screwball classic "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown." - 88
ReelViews
Everything (not just the flesh) is vibrant with life. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Almodovar is positively mature, adapting a novel by Ruth Rendell so deftly that the plot now also describes the invigorating and sometimes disorienting effects of democracy after long years of repression under the Franco regime. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Possibly due to the story's origin as a Ruth Rendell novel, this is the most coherent, viewer-friendly narrative he's ever filmed. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Some of the action is as lurid as the title, but passionate performances and ingenious visuals make this the most absorbing movie by Spanish director Almodvar since his great comedy "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown." - 70
Chicago Reader
It's all very clever but not really provocative - though a layer of political subtext may make the scenario seem funnier and more meaningful. - 60
Salon
Live Flesh isn't terrible. It's accomplished and watchable. - 50
Dallas Observer
It lacks both the shiny surfaces that enlivened the director's earlier films and the depth of character that allows us, in a traditional film, to identify, empathize, or connect psychologically.
