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Spain · 1986
Rated NC-17 · 1h 45m
Director Pedro Almodóvar
Starring Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Eva Cobo
Genre Drama, Erotic
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In this erotic thriller, an ex-bullfighter and lawyer are united by their fetish of killing and become passionately obsessed with each other.
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