
Pedro Almodovar's (he writes and directs the proceedings) vivid and highly imaginative Spanish interpretation of Ruth Rendell's novel of the same name proves that the Queen Of Crime has never been steamier. Young and impressionable Victor (Liberto Rabal) falls for the fiery Elena (Francesca Neri). During a drugs-related scuffle, a policeman (Javier Bardem) is shot and left paralysed. Victor is blamed and flung into jail. On his release, he seeks out Elena, only to find that she's unhappily married to the crippled cop. Copious amounts of body grinding and jealousy ensue.
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