unfortunately and cruz be not long in this film . she be a prostitute who give birth on a bus . the story be really about her son and whom we join 20 year later . now and hang on . victor ( liberto rabal ) and her son and be infatuate with elena ( italian beauty francesca neri ) and but she be just a junkie who be more interested in see her dealer than him . they scuffle and the police ( david and sancho ) come . sancho wife be fool around and so he be drunk and get into a fight with victor and a gun go off injure david . david ( javier bardem ) head off to a life of wheelchair basketball and marriage to elena . victor go to jail . when he get out and he take up with clara ( ángela molina ) and sancho wife . if you be not confuse yet and it get more interesting a secret be expose . pedro almodóvar have write and direct another interesting film . it end just a it begin and but in a dig at the repressive franco regime and with a nod to freedom . it be a comedy and a detective story and a thriller and a drama a bit of everything . an almodóvar paella for the eye .