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Actors: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Francisco Rabal, Rossy de Palma
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! |
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TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! ( Átame ! ) is a spanish movie directed in 1990 by Pedro Almodovar. Nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Ricky has just been released from a mental hospital. For a year now, he's been obsessed by one and only idea : to become the husband of Victoria Abril, a drug addicted and ex-porno actress. Victoria is now shooting an horror movie directed by Francisco Rabal, a once well-known director. Banderas, after having observed the set, steals Victoria Abril's apartment keys and waits for her return. Abril is forced to stay for a few days in her apartment by a Banderas trying by all possible means to please her. But Victoria is only wondering how she can escape. And Antonio must tie her as soon as he has to leave the flat in order to buy her medicaments and drugs. Little by little, Victoria Abril learns to know her Prince Charming.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Druggie/Wino problems?
- drugs
Brain/Body not working?
- mental illness
Lover is...
- captor
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Spain
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- use of artificial tools
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Spanish
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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