Movie No. 8 (2013): LIVE FLESH

Live Flesh a.k.a. Carne Tremula (1997)
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Javier Bardem, Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri
In Spanish, with English subtitles

This tragicomedy from Almodovar lacks the screaming irreverence and wackiness that some of his great films are known for. However, such absence does not make Live Flesh a lesser film. Live Flesh, which has been adapted from a bestseller by Ruth Rendell, qualifies as thriller-romance kind film. And it's really entertaining.

The main character in the film is Victor, who stalks Elena after a one-night stand encounter. In the next face-to-face encounter of Victor with Elena, two police officers are called in. This four-way encounter leads to one of the police officers being (accidentally) shot causing him to be crippled forever. Victor gets jailed. And the lives of the other three others in the encounter change forever. Then a few years later, Victor is released from jail. And the drama begins. Or, should I say, continues?

Date seen: January 4, 2013

Rating: 3.0/4.0