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Cast & Crew

Ángela Molina
As Clara
Penélope Cruz
As Isabel Plaza Caballero
Javier Bardem
As David de Paz
Agustín Almodóvar
As Enterrador (uncredited)
Pilar Bardem
As Doña Centro de Mesa
José Sancho
As Sancho
Álex Angulo
As Bus Driver

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Live Flesh is a Spanish drama thriller movie released in 1997, directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The story follows the life of Víctor Plaza, a young man who was born on a bus and raised by his prostitute mother. After a chance encounter with Elena, a drug addict, Víctor becomes obsessed with her and accidentally shoots David, a police officer who is now paralyzed from the waist down. Víctor is sent to jail, and upon his release, he seeks revenge against Elena and David, who are now married. The movie explores themes of love, passion, revenge, and redemption, set against the backdrop of Madrid's nightlife and the Spanish State's declared state of emergency in the 1970s.

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