La Flor de mi Secreto (the Flower of my Secret)
— Almodóvar's nod to the future offers ample evidence of the director's growing maturity.”
- Director: Pedro Almodóvar
- Spain, 1995
You get the very distinct sense when watching La Flor that Almodóvar is onto something. And so the maturity and virtuosity of his output has increased with each film ever since.
As a writer of great female parts, he’s blessed here with a strong performance from Marisa Paredes who as the protagonista Leo (and her nom de plume Amanda Gris) carries the story almost single-handedly.
Leo’s neurotic approach to love is a little hard to empathise with for this stoical anglosajón, but the film’s luminosity hints overtly at the great things to come. Indeed literally, for the plot of one of Gris’ trash novels would later become Volver.
See also:
Volver
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Malèna
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A Bittersweet Life
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