Law of Desire

A Madrid apartment in midsummer, the hum of a refrigerator never quite drowning out the tapping of a typewriter. A celebrated film-maker, nursing a lover’s departure, casts his trans sister in a solo play and watches her command the stage. Then the uptight stranger starts calling collect from a phone booth across town. Third-act fireworks from a director who still thinks the heart isn’t bulletproof.

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Pedro Almodóvar directed Law of Desire in 1987. See Pedro Almodóvar's full filmography, where to start with Pedro Almodóvar, or where to go after you've seen everything by Pedro Almodóvar.

Law of Desire was released in 1987 (ES original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.