Review of Law of Desire (1987) by Citizen J — 13 Jul 2010
La ley del deseo is a film by Almodovar that can clearly show us how it came to this great filmmaker and one of the current icons of world cinema. Full metalanguage that the director and screenwriter loves, the film is designed so as not to deny that came: desire. All feelings somehow culminate in which creates confusion and can not be explained by anyone, not by the filmmaker and turns its head the lives of all characters.
Extremely strong and true performances mark the film. Carmen Maura works so well that makes us feel what she feels. Antonio Banderas is as cruel as their desire and makes that very clear. Eusebio Poncela can already show a Pablo Quintero alone in the world but still afraid to end up like this thanks to their selfishness.
Scenes watered at the sound of Ne me quitte pas are magnificent. The heart tightens from pain when you see all the suffering they pass the characters. The film shows most of all, the restlessness of the human characters suffer for it from start to finish and is far from suffering because of this movie, quite the contrary, it is the suffering that we humans carry every day.
Another thing that gives charm to the film and motion are the bad confusion caused by various letters written during the movie.
Finally, in La ley del deseo, Almodovar manages to show more pictures of the human soul in pieces, now consumed by desire.
This review of Law of Desire (1987) was written by Citizen J on 13 Jul 2010.
Law of Desire has generally received positive reviews.
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