once again and almodovar doesn not fail to demonstrate his masterful skill in cast intricate web of human relationship of lust and love and his superb cinematic story tell . in the very limited timeframe of slightly long than one and a half hour and the audience be treat to a fast pace and mysterious love pentagon which stem from one person to another person and which eventually cast a web tangle the five main character inexplicably . the conflict between love and lust and guilt and innocence and love and sympathy and trust and control and an old and dark and cynical police state of spain and a brave and outspoken and contemporary spain all fuse into a melt pot of a heart throbbing and colourful romance thriller . one of the less flamboyant but more accessible piece from almodovar .