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OCLC. 13485433. Live Flesh, is a psychological thriller by British author Ruth Rendell, published in 1986. It won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year. It was the inspiration for a film of the same name by Pedro Almodóvar. [1] Almodovar's treatment of the theme is very different from the original novel ...
From critically acclaimed, erotically candid writer/director Pedro Almodóvar ( Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down ; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ) comes a raw, seductive tale "brimming with lust, betrayal and murder" ( Rolling Stone ). Based on a novel by British mystery writer Ruth Rendell, Live Flesh is "superbly acted, strikingly photographed and just plain terrific" ( USA Today )! When ...
Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011. The film also feels curiously underpopulated, unenlivened by any sparky character bits. Full Review | Jul 13, 2007. Very much an Almodovar picture ...
Live Flesh is a superb, sublime motion picture that uses a quintet of fascinating characters to examine a few of the director's favorite concepts. The five principals come together on one fateful night in 1992 Madrid. Victor (Liberto Rabal) has fallen for a woman, Elena (Francesca Neri), whom he had sex with a week ago.
7/10. The bold and the beautiful. paul2001sw-1 20 September 2007. Pedro Amoldovar's 'Live Flesh' is a stylish, original and watchable revenge-thriller, featuring not just a love triangle, but a love pentagon; moreover, one of the participants is that rare creation, a disabled character who inspires envy not pity.
