SPAIN · 1989

¡Átame!

Pedro Almodóvar
Spanish Cinema Post-Franco obsessive love captivity and restraint mental illness redemption through romance power dynamics
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After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.

Year1989
CountrySpain
DirectorPedro Almodóvar
¡Átame! poster

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