Almodóvar followed it with ¡Átame! (1990 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), which attracted criticism from women’s advocacy groups for a plot in which a mentally ill man (played by Banderas) successfully persuades a woman he has kidnapped to fall in love with him. A dizzying farce called Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) won international acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination for best foreign-language film. The first two films, Matador (1986) and La ley del deseo (1987 Law of Desire), deal with the intersection between violence and sexual desire. After several other early efforts, Almodóvar wrote and directed a series of films starring Antonio Banderas.
Ostensibly a comedy, the film also traffics in themes of rape, corruption, and revenge. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Īlmodóvar’s first feature-length film, Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980 Pepi, Luci, Bom, and Other Girls like Mom), which he also wrote, explores the punk rock scene in Madrid in the years after Franco’s death.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.
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