The Flower of My Secret

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The Flower of My Secret

R,

1995,

1h 45m,

Drama

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86%

29 Reviews

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76%

5,000+ Ratings

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86%

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29 Reviews

76%

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5,000+ Ratings

A Spanish writer who pens romance novels as Amanda Gris, Leo Macias is successful, but unlucky in her own love life. With her soldier husband, Paco, increasingly distant, both literally and figuratively, Leo tries to fill the void in her life by reevaluating her writing, which leads to an unexpected relationship with Angel, a sensitive newspaper editor. Helmed by renowned filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, the movie features a mix of comedy and melodrama.

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Critics Consensus

The Flower of My Secret finds Almodóvar revisiting old themes in a new, more subdued key, yielding a slight but vivacious work that delivers the pleasure of a punchy novella.

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Geoff Brown

The Times (UK)

Dec 20, 2023

Almodóvar still has his fun in The Flower of My Secret, but he is no longer just a child thumbing his nose at the world.

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Hugo Davenport

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Dec 20, 2023

Though unlikely to gain the blessing of the Pope, the conversion of Pedro Almodóvar from romper-room decadence to something akin to adult drama may strike many as little short of miraculous.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Dec 20, 2023

Not since Fassbinder has a director so mastered the trick of using "corny" dialogue at once to heighten and to ironise everyday tragedy.

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Charles Busch

The Advocate

Apr 5, 2022

The Flower of My Secret is beautifully filmed and strikingly designed, but, more important, it is Almodovar's first attempt at a drama in the Tennessee Williams mode... it still shows a popular filmmaker challenging his audience and himself to dig deeper.

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Quentin Curtis

Independent on Sunday

Dec 12, 2017

There is not much of a plot; just real, romantically entwined lives -- a world away from the gaudy camp Almodovar had begun to tire us with.

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Oct 4, 2006

4/5

If it isn't as successful as his very best work, neither is it a failure -- and there are certainly enough Alomodovarisms to bring a smile to anyone's face

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Harry S

Sep 11, 2015

F 7.7 [Pedro Almodóvar]

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Synopsis

A Spanish writer who pens romance novels as Amanda Gris, Leo Macias is successful, but unlucky in her own love life. With her soldier husband, Paco, increasingly distant, both literally and figuratively, Leo tries to fill the void in her life by reevaluating her writing, which leads to an unexpected relationship with Angel, a sensitive newspaper editor. Helmed by renowned filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, the movie features a mix of comedy and melodrama.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer: Esther García
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: El Deseo S.A.
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 8, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 18, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $938.7K
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital

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