When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.
Acting
Verónica Forqué's fearless, unhinged lead performance
Costume
Aggressively colorful 90s Spanish fashion as character
Direction
Almodóvar's most unapologetically unhinged visual chaos
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'fake newsflash' sequences directly satirize Spain's emerging tabloid TV culture of the early 90s, particularly the exploitative 'Sálvame' style programming that would dominate Spanish television.
Almodóvar later disowned this as his least favorite film, calling it 'too shrill'—yet its unhinged energy makes it a fascinating outlier in his more polished later career.
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