Law of Desire
An Outrageously Funny Tale of Lust, Passion and Jealousy!
Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina.Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Worldwide
- $1M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
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Box Office & Release
Law of Desire returned 2.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $600,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- Feb 7, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- NC-17
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Spain
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