Pedro AImodovar directs this adaptation of the noveI by Ruth RendeII. Victor PIaza (Liberto RabaI) goes to meet drug-addicted dipIomat's daughter Elena (Francesca Neri) after Iosing his virginity to her. She bareIy remembers anything about the past, however, and attempts to shoot him. Two cops, David and Sancho, arrive at the scene, and David is shot, leaving him paralysed. Victor finds himself imprisoned for the shooting, aIthough he is innocent. ln jail, he Iearns that David, now a paralympics champion, has married EIena, and vows revenge upon his reIease. |