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The Flower of My Secret (1995) | User Rating
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Original title: Flor de mi secreto, La
Release Date
• USA: Mar 8, 1996
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and brief sexuality.
Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country Spain, France
Studio CiBy 2000, Deseo
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Flower of My Secret (1995)
• La Flor de mi secreto
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Genre: Drama, Infidelity, Melodrama, Psychodrama, Marriage
Tagline: Every woman has a secret...
Plot: THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET is a surprisingly restrained film (no drag queens, raunchy sex, or murders) from Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, and is considered one of his best. Romance novelist Leo (Marisa Paredes) experiences a nervous breakdown when she realizes her U.N. peacekeeper husband (Imanol Arias) no longer loves her, and the morbid novel she has just finished will never be accepted by her profit-minded publisher. Depressed, alcoholic, and suicidal, she begins to write for a Spanish newspaper under a pseudonym, starting with a scathing critique of her previous, best-selling work. The paper’s hard-drinking, overweight editor Ángel (Juan Echanove) falls in love with Leo, never realizing the "flower of her secret"--that her other pen name is Amanda Gris, and that she is the writer of the romance novels he loves. The delightful cast includes Rossy De Palma and Chus Lampreave--hilarious as Leo's constantly bickering sister and mother--and Carmen Elías as her best friend, a woman who trains doctors in soliciting organ donations from grieving relatives. Almodóvar fills this beautiful film with sharply realized scenes, rich helpings of Spanish flavor, and a vibrant compassion for his characters.
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Life Is Beautiful, All About My Mother, The Devil's Backbone | Juan Echanove
Without News of God, Años bárbaros, Los, Shooting Elizabeth | Carmen Elías
Costa!, Rey pasmado, El, Peores años de nuestra vida, Los | Rossy de Palma
Prêt-à-Porter, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Chus Lampreave
Talk to Her, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Age of Beauty | Kiti Manver
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Common Wealth, ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?!! | |
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