carne trémula be another good film from spanish director pedro almodóvar . it come before his great film todo sobre mi madre and hable con ella and both more mature than his early film and and this film be the beginning of the grow up almodóvar . it tell the story of five people with life that cross path from time to time . the film start with víctor ( liberto rabal ) and who have fall in love with a girl he have only see once . her name be elena ( francesca neri ) . she do not remember him and so when he show up at her house she take a gun and force him out of the place . he do not go and because the gun go off the police arrive a couple of minute later . two detective arrive and david ( javier bardem ) and sancho ( josé sancho ) . they have issue and since sancho wife clara ( ángela molina ) cheat on him and probably with david . sancho get in a struggle with víctor and a gun go off . four year later david and hit by the bullet and be in a wheelchair and marry to elena . víctor be release from jail and he have not forget about the event year earlier . to tell you what happen would spoil a lot of thing since almodóvar be a master with surprise here . even in single scene he make you think one thing be go to happen and the exact opposite do . it be kind of brilliant . carne trémula be a film that play with genre and like almodóvar earlier film such a mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios and tacones lejanos . it be a comedy and a drama and a detective and a mystery and a romance . in some single scene it also show other genre . when the two detective climb a stair early in the film there be a typical film noir shot and with shadow and a certain camera movement . thing like this add a lot of fun to the film . besides this it be also a very well act film and especially by the very dependable bardem . alfonso beato provide the film with a gorgeous cinematography and alberto iglesias and like always and come with a score that be beautiful on it own and but also fit the film in a perfect way . if you like almodóvar you will definitely like this one and but even if you normally do not there be a good chance this will change your opinion .