movie 'The Flower of My Secret'
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"The Flower of My Secret" is a 1995 Spanish drama film by Pedro Almodóvar that follows a romance novelist in crisis as she confronts the collapse of her marriage and her own emotional turmoil.
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| The Flower of My Secret | 0 |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
collapse of the protagonist's marriage
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tension between commercial romantic fiction and personal emotional truth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| director | Pedro Almodóvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorStyleContext | marks a shift from Pedro Almodóvar's earlier campy comedies toward more sober emotional drama ⓘ |
| distributor | Ciby 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
intertextual references to other Almodóvar films
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storylines that anticipate later Almodóvar films such as All About My Mother ⓘ |
| filmEra | post-Franco Spanish cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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melodrama ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Pedro Almodóvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Flower of My Secret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasReputation | considered a key transitional work in Pedro Almodóvar's career ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| isFollowedInCareerBy | Live Flesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Leo Macías NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | inner life of a woman in emotional crisis ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | bittersweet ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La flor de mi secreto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Pedro Almodóvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A successful romance novelist faces a personal and creative crisis as her marriage collapses and she confronts her emotional turmoil. ⓘ |
| portrays |
alcohol use as coping mechanism
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depression ⓘ family relationships ⓘ female friendship ⓘ |
| productionCompany | El Deseo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | romance novelist ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| runtimeApprox | about 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Pedro Almodóvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
creative block
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emotional repression ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ transition to darker realism in Almodóvar's work ⓘ |
| writer | Pedro Almodóvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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