Law of Desire

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Law of Desire is a 1987 Spanish drama film by Pedro Almodóvar, known for its bold exploration of queer desire, obsession, and melodrama, and for helping establish Antonio Banderas as an international star.

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Label Occurrences
Law of Desire canonical 3
La ley del deseo 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf LGBT-related film
Spanish film
drama film
film
awardReceived Teddy Award
surface form: Teddy Award for Best Feature Film
cinematographyBy José Luis Alcaine
containsElement film-within-a-film
metafiction
countryOfOrigin Spain
director Pedro Almodóvar
distributor Lauren Films
editedBy José Salcedo
era 1980s cinema
featuresCharacter gay film director
trans woman
festivalScreening Berlin International Film Festival
filmMovement Movida Madrileña
surface form: Movida madrileña
genre LGBT-related drama
drama
melodrama
romantic drama
hasCultStatus true
hasSetting Madrid
hasSexualOrientationTheme bisexuality
homosexuality
language Spanish
mainTheme melodrama
obsession
queer desire
musicBy Bernardo Bonezzi
notableFor bold exploration of queer desire
depiction of gay relationships
helping establish Antonio Banderas as an international star
originalTitle Law of Desire self-linksurface differs
surface form: La ley del deseo
partOf Pedro Almodóvar
surface form: Pedro Almodóvar filmography
producer Agustín Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar
productionCompany El Deseo
releaseDate 1987-02-06
releaseYear 1987
runtimeMinutes 102
screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar
starring Antonio Banderas
Bibí Andersen
Carmen Maura
Eusebio Poncela
Miguel Molina
writer Pedro Almodóvar

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Antonio Banderas notableWork Law of Desire
Pedro Almodóvar notableWork Law of Desire
Matador precedesChronologically Law of Desire
Law of Desire originalTitle Law of Desire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La ley del deseo