Carne trémula (1997)

Regisseur:

Pedro Almodóvar

Drehbuchautoren:

Pedro Almodóvar (writer)
Jorge Guerricaechevarría (writer)

Premierendatum:

16. Januar 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Life, love, desire...and everything in between.

Plot:

After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...

Plot Keywords:

Burial | Female Nudity | Drugs | Female Frontal Nudity | Duel

Filmpreise:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 8 wins & 9 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Mature but not tamed

Besetzung

Javier Bardem	...	David
Francesca Neri	...	Elena
Liberto Rabal	...	Víctor Plaza
Ángela Molina	...	Clara (as Angela Molina)
José Sancho	...	Sancho (as Jose Sancho)
Penélope Cruz	...	Isabel Plaza Caballero (as Penelope Cruz)
Pilar Bardem	...	Doña Centro de Mesa
Álex Angulo	...	Conductor del autobús (as Alex Angulo)
Mariola Fuentes	...	Clementina
Yael Be	...	Chica
Josep Molins	...	Josep
Daniel Lanchas	...	Conductor
María Rosenfeldt	...	Niña (as Maria Rosenfeldt)

Alternativ:

Carne de cañón (Spain) (working title)
En chair et en os (France)
Live Flesh (USA)
Trembling Flesh (International: English title) (literal title)
Live Flesh - Mit Haut und Haar (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, language and some drug content.

Länge:

103 Min

Produktionsland:

France | Spain

Sprache:

Spanisch | Italienisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Eastmancolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Italy:T | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:III | Mexico:C | New Zealand:R18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec)

Drehorte:

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Firma:

CiBy 2000

Dies und das:

Jorge Sanz was cast as Víctor. One week into shooting, director Pedro Almodóvar replaced him with Liberto Rabal.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Bezug enthalten in Man yan (2004)

Soundtrack:

Whirl-y-reel 2

Mature but not tamed

Almodovar has always been the king of kitsch, the naughty, the pervert (who isn't anyway?), the generator of endless dirty language conversations, the good the bad and the ugly of the movie world. Well, he seems to have grown mature, but not tamed in that sense. He probably will be strongly criticized for the oral sex scene, on grounds that he is abusing disabled individuals, just like he was almost damned by feminists because of the looong rape scene in Kika. Well, although he seems to have moved away from his bright colors and chaotic chasing sequences, and although Live Flesh is to the best of my knowledge the first movie where he openly praises the post-Franco era, it was as tasteful as its predecessors. And who can build up such a web of events and relations better than Almodovar does, anyway?