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Flower of My Secret (The)

Country: Spain, Language: Spanish, 103 mins

Original Title

La Flor de Mi Secreto
  • Director: Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer: Pedro Almodóvar; Dorothy Parker
  • Producer: Agustín Almodóvar; Esther García

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Melodrama and colour - with a large amount abandonment thrown in to keep the erratic balance.

Almodóvar plays with his audience in one of his, undeservedly, overlooked films.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Leo Macias writes sentimental novels with great success but hidden under a pseudonym, Amanda Gris. She is unhappy with her professional life and with her husband, a soldier working in Brussels and Bosnia that is never at home. She will try anything to change her life.

Cast & Characters

Marisa Paredes as Leo Macías;
Juan Echanove as Angel;
Carme Elias as Betty;
Rossy de Palma as Rosa;
Chus Lampreave as Madre de Leo;
Kiti Manver as Manuela; 
Joaquín Cortés as Antonio;
Manuela Vargas as Blanca;
Imanol Arias as Paco;
Gloria Muñoz as Alicia;
Juan José Otegui as Tomas;
Nancho Novo as Doctor B;
Jordi Mollà as Doctor A;
Alicia Agut as Neighbor A;
Marisol Muriel as Dancer