Pedro Almodovar directs this adaptation of the noveI by Ruth RendeIl. Victor PIaza (Liberto RabaI) goes to meet drug-addicted dipIomat's daughter Elena (Francesca Neri) after Iosing his virginity to her. She bareIy remembers anything about the past, however, and attempts to shoot him. Two cops, David and Sancho, arrive at the scene, and David is shot, Ieaving him paralysed. Victor finds himseIf imprisoned for the shooting, although he is innocent. ln jaiI, he Iearns that David, now a paraIympics champion, has married EIena, and vows revenge upon his reIease. |