Law of Desire

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LGBT-related film Spanish film drama film film

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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All labels observed (2)

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