Átame

	Átame ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' ( es, link=no, ¡Átame!, , "Tie Me!") is a 1989 Spanish dark romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Victoria Abril and Antonio Banderas alongside Loles Léon, Francisco Rabal, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, and Rossy de Palma. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him. He believes his destiny is to marry her and father her children. The film was highly successful with both critics and audiences in Spain. Its United States release was entangled in controversy, instrumental in the implementation by the MPAA of a new rating category, NC-17, for films of an explicit nature that were previously unfairly regarded as pornographic because of the X rating. Plot Ricky, a 23-year-old psychiatric patient, has been deemed cured and is released from a mental institution. Until then, he has been the lover of the woman director of the hospital. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narratives. Desire, passion, family, and identity are among Almodóvar's most prevalent subjects in his films. Acclaimed as one of the most internationally successful Spanish filmmakers, Almodóvar and his films have gained worldwide interest and developed a cult following. Almodóvar's career came to during La Movida Madrileña, a cultural renaissance that followed after the end of Francoist Spain. His early films characterised the sense of sexual and political freedom of the period. In 1986, he established his own film production company, El Deseo, with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar, who has been responsible for producing all of his films since '' Law of Desire'' (1987). His breakthrough film was '' Women on the Verge of a Nervo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Rabal appeared in around 200 films working with directors including Francesc Rovira-Beleta, Luis Buñuel, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. Paco Rabal was recognized both in his native Spain and internationally, winning the Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Los Santos Inocentes and a Goya Award for Best Actor for playing Francisco de Goya in Carlos Saura's ''Goya en Burdeos.'' One of Spain's most loved actors, Rabal also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes. Life and career In 1936, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, Rabal and his family left Murcia and moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Julieta Serrano Julieta Serrano Romero (born 2 January 1933 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish theatre and cinema actress. Her prolific career began in the 1960s, and she has worked with directors Pedro Almodóvar and Ventura Pons. In September 2018 she was awarded by the Premio Nacional de Teatro. Selected filmography ''Secuestro en la ciudad'' (1965) ''El juego de la oca'' (1966) .... Compañera de Ángela ''Crónica de nueve meses'' (1967) .... Luisa '' Forty Degrees in the Shade'' (1967) .... Dorotea ''Laia'' (1970, Short) .... (voice) ''El hombre oculto'' (1971) .... Clara ''Tirarse al monte'' (1971) ''Mi querida señorita'' (1972) .... Isabelita ''Laia'' (1972) .... Pauline ''Marianela'' (1972) .... La Canela ''Zumo'' (1972, Short) ''Abismo'' (1972, Short) ''La prima Angélica'' (1974) .... Monja ''Vera, un cuento cruel'' (1974) .... María '' El amor del capitán Brando'' (1974) .... María Rosa ''Grandeur nature'' (1974) .... Nicole '' Cría Cuervos'' (1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Agustín Almodóvar Agustín Almodóvar Caballero (born 25 May 1955) is a film producer and younger brother of filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. He was born in Calzada de Calatrava and obtained a degree in chemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid. He began his career in film production as a messenger in Fernando Trueba's film ''Sé infiel y no mires con quién''. In 1986, he and Pedro founded their own production company, El Deseo S.A. Through this company he has produced all of Pedro's films since 1986, and several French co-productions. He is a member of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. Filmography 1986: ''Matador'', director: Pedro Almodóvar. 1987: ''La ley del deseo'', director: Pedro Almodóvar. 1988: ''Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios'', director: Pedro Almodóvar. 1989: ''¡Átame!'', director: Pedro Almodóvar. 1991: '' Tacones lejanos'', director: Pedro Almodóvar. 1991: ''Terra fría'', director: Antonio Campos. 1992: ''Acción mutante'', dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist '' Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'' (1907), and the anti-war painting '' Guernica'' (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a naturalistic manner through his childhood and adolescence. During the first decade of the 20th century, his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. After 1906, the Fauvist work of the sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]