Marco (DARÍO GRANDINETTI) is a journalist who's been assigned by his paper to interview female bullfighter Lydia (ROSARIO FLORES). While she thinks he's only interested in her high profile but tumultuous relationship with fellow matador Niño de Valencia (ADOLFO FERNÁNDEZ), Marco is more interested in her and the two quickly become an item. Yet, they start to having problems communicating, a point that's only exacerbated when a bull gores and leaves her in a coma.
Lydia is placed in the same facility where Benigno works, and the two men eventually strike up an unlikely friendship. Their views on the women in their lives, however, are vastly different. While Benigno remains optimistic, as does Alicia's ballet instructor, Katarina (GERALDINE CHAPLIN), Marco doesn't see any light at the end of the tunnel for Lydia.
With time passing and Benigno finally expressing his desire to marry Alicia despite her still being comatose, the unexpected development threatens to change the lives of all those involved in ways they never imagined.
Some sexually related dialogue is present, as are various views of a young comatose woman's breasts as she's massaged, etc. An old-looking silent film has a scene where a mouse-sized husband hugs his sleeping wife's bare breasts and then enters her vagina (like a cave) in an explicit, but obviously faked recreation of the real thing. Other nudity, including additional female full frontal is present.
We hear, but don't see that a male nurse has raped the comatose patient he loves (resulting in her being pregnant), while other bad attitudes are also present. Several characters are comatose, including one who was gored by a bull with bloody results, while we hear that a person committed suicide. Some brief violence to animals (most of it not directly seen, but including bullfighting) is also present. Meanwhile, various characters drink and/or smoke.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2002) (Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Mild
Moderate
Heavy
*Mild
None
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
Mild
Mild
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Extreme
Moderate
Mild
Heavy
Moderate
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Reviewed November 18, 2002 / Posted December 25, 2002
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