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. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
sexual identity
friendship
spain
sexual abuse
drug abuse
transvestism
madrid, spain
transsexuality
boarding school
screenplay
identity
movie business
male friendship
teacher
murder
priest
lgbt
childhood friends
catholicism
multiple storylines
parallel story
1980s
film director
gay youth
2000s
independent film
homme fatale
Rank
#23 in 2004·#1146 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
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Cast
Gael García Bernal
Ángel / Juan / Zahara
Fele Martínez
Enrique Goded
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Padre Manolo
Lluís Homar
Sr. Berenguer
Francisco Maestre
Padre José
Francisco Boira
Ignacio
Juan Fernández
Martín
Nacho Pérez
Young Ignacio
Javier Cámara
Paca / Paquito
Alberto Ferreiro
Enrique Serrano
Petra Martínez
Madre
Roberto Hoyas
Camarero
Crew
Pedro Almodóvar
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Screenplay
Alberto Iglesias
Original Music Composer
José Salcedo
Editor
José Luis Alcaine
Director of Photography
Agustín Almodóvar
Producer
Pedro Almodóvar
Producer
Esther García
Executive Producer
Ana Lozano
Makeup Artist
Paco Delgado
Costume Design
Karol Tornaria
Assistant Makeup Artist
Antxón Gómez
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
500 reviews
achmdrmziPRO
1.0★ · 04/30/26
ini film apa dawg
ini film apa dawg
Sara
9.0★ · 04/30/26
Madre mía que peliculón, pelos de punta
Madre mía que peliculón, pelos de punta
Berta Polo
10.0★ · 04/28/26
de las mejores peliculas de almodovar, podría estar en mi top 3 favs suyas. el plot twist me ha encantado, nunca me lo hubiera imaginado. pd: el padre manolo da miedo heavy
de las mejores peliculas de almodovar, podría estar en mi top 3 favs suyas. el plot twist me ha encantado, nunca me lo hubiera imaginado. pd: el padre manolo da miedo heavy
