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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Pedro Almodóvar (screenplay)
Pedro Almodóvar (story)
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Release Date:
29 September 1982 (Spain) more
Plot:
A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran)... more | add synopsis
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2 nominations more
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Labyrinth of Boredom more (7 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Cecilia Roth | ... | Sexilia | |
| Imanol Arias | ... | Riza Niro | |
| Helga Liné | ... | Toraya | |
| Marta Fernández Muro | ... | Queti | |
| Fernando Vivanco | ... | Doctor | |
| Ofelia Angélica | ... | Susana | |
| Ángel Alcázar | ... | Eusebio | |
| Concha Grégori | ... | Angustias | |
| Cristina Sánchez Pascual | ... | Eusebio's girlfriend | |
| Fabio McNamara | ... | Fabio (as Fany McNamara) | |
| Antonio Banderas | ... | Sadec | |
| Luis Ciges | ... | Drycleaner | |
| Agustín Almodóvar | ... | Hassan | |
| María Elena Flores | ... | Remedios | |
| Ana Trigo | ... | Nana |
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Labyrinth of Passion (USA)
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Runtime:
100 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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New Zealand:R18 | Hungary:18 | USA:Not Rated | Hong Kong:III | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:18
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Made only six years after the death of Franco when Spain was beginning to rediscover its artistic freedom. more
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Features Enter the Dragon (1973) more
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Gran ganga more
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I happened upon a rare copy of this early Almodovar film with high expectations - Almodovar is a prolific contemporary director, I enjoyed his 1988 film "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown", and I had read one or two very positive reviews of the film. Well, I must have missed completely the humor that the reviewers saw in this film. I just found it incoherent, tasteless, and boring. Yes, there are plenty of innuendos, people in drag, and crude sexual situations, and yes, these elements may have shocked audiences in 1982 (which was almost certainly Almodovar's intention), but much of the shock value has probably eroded over the years, leaving a limp storyline. Beyond that, the whole movie seemed very chaotic, none of the characters were particularly sympathetic, and for a "comedy" - even a dark one - I just didn't find this film funny. I suppose it is possible there is a VERY select audience for a film like this, but I'm just not part of that audience, and not sure that I want to be.