if go director doug liman collaborate with pedro almodovar on a remake of that film and you might just about get something equal to not love just frenzy . set in the mid 90 omnisexual club scene in madrid and there plenty of sex and drug and betrayal and death and dance beat to go around . those not use to movie with subtitle probably would not have the wherewithal to stick with this one and but veteran viewer of such fare a what have i do to deserve this . and woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown and amor de hombre know that the eventual reward be worth it . blond and hedonistic nymphomaniac bartender or actress monica ( caetana guillen cuervo ) and sweet natured yeye ( ingrid rubio ) and vivacious activist maria ( beatriz santiago ) be three flatmate look for a fourth to let a spare room at their place and to stretch the rent with some extra dinero . unfortunately and friendship and romantic entanglement will be the main thing stretch past the breaking point and when monica decide to rent the room to max ( nancho novo ) and yeye sexy and shady ex boyfriend who have a secret he would not let get out and and a certain appendage he can not seem to keep . in his pant . keep the pot at a roiling boil be subplots include alberto ( gustavo salmeron ) and yeye gay play husband who be have an affair with a married bisexual and alex ( javier albala ) and a mad infatuation with straight physique model and david ( liberto rabal ) while luis ( javier manrique ) and a psychotic cop masquerade a a secret admirer of maria who have his own agenda involve max and and maria own secret crush and carlos ( juan diego botto ) and her cute student pal who live right next door and and confides in her about his late romantic involvement and clueless to how she really feel about him . just for spice and add a lesbian madam name cristina ( bibi andersen ) who also have max number while a coterie of drag queen so over the top they make the girl from priscilla and queen of the desert seem downright genteel while sex that just avoid become triple x rat porn and prodigious drug use and more sex and a murder investigation that will turn everyone live even more topsy turvy . if that possible . this arch spoof of all the sex drug and drama gay genre film seem at time like a mess and but the writing be tight enough that you can follow all the plot twist and without get as lose a some of the character seem to be in their own little world . and though the dvd box trumpet the presence of javier bardem and penelope cruz and you good not blink if you do not want to miss them . not that it matter the cast be engage throughout and and in the midst of all the frenzy of the title be some gorgeous and striking scene and such a monica flounce down a busy city street in french renaissance attire and sunglass and and david in a nude rooftop scene ( do not ask just watch for it . ) overall and one of the good non almodovar entry to the canon of gay theme foreign film from the last decade .