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This much-lauded Spanish film examines issues of life and death. A woman decides to hide her murdered husband's body in a freezer at a restaurant. At the same time, she reopens the restaurant as the owner is away. Then her supposedly-dead mother arrives to visit her sister. Sister decides to hide not-actually-dead mom from her sister, but it's only a matter of time before they come face to face... In Spanish language with English subtitles.

118 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, Female interest, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
ScreenplayPedro Almodóvar
MusicAlberto Iglesias
CinematographyJosé Luis Alcaine
EditingJosé Salcedo
Sound formatsDolby, Dolby Digital
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2006
Produced byCanal+ España, El Deseo S.A., Ministerio de Cultura, Televisión Española

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Trailer: Small | Medium | Large

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageStrong, infrequent, very strong blasphemy
NudityMild
SexInfrequent, implied quite strongly
ViolenceOne scene, not gory nor explicit but bloody
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsThis has a complex theme involving issues of family relationships and of incest.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
5
Violence
3
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
3
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
1
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
1
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
5
Music (Scary/Tense)
2
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Diane de Beer
15
Die Burger
Laetitia Pople
15
Cape Times
Peter Tromp
10
iAfrica.com
Rebekah Kendal
18
Mail & Guardian
Shaun de Waal
18
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
20
BBC
Matthew Leyland
10
Box Office
Richard Mowe
20
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
20
eye Weekly
Jason Anderson
15
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
15
ScreenIt
13

Average .. 79%

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