almodovar be a master story writer he know exactly what to tell the viewer and when to tell it . he understand the volatile nature of the film medium and prefer to illustrate the motif of his character rather than simply state them . a in todo sobre mi madre and mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios and almodovar us subtler method than others to draw attention to important detail . the movie hold together like an artfully compose opus and return to hint give early on and embellish on them . in this way almodovar will definitely mess with your mind while by the end of the movie your judgment on the character will make a total about face . however and the first time viewer should be warn not to take the circumstance too seriously . almodovar plot thrive on unlikely circumstance and chance meeting of character . it be something more akin to the magical realism in literature and not to be take literally .