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Gael García Bernal
Ángel / Juan / Zahara
Fele Martínez
Enrique Goded
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Padre Manolo
Lluís Homar
Sr. Berenguer
Francisco Maestre
Padre José
Francisco Boira
Ignacio
Juan Fernández
Martín
Nacho Pérez
Young Ignacio
Raúl García Forneiro
Young Enrique
Javier Cámara
Paca / Paquito
Alberto Ferreiro
Enrique Serrano
Petra Martínez
Madre
Sandra
Transformista
Roberto Hoyas
Camarero
Agustín Almodóvar
Limpiador Piscina (uncredited)
Robert Forcadell
Man in Public (uncredited)
Luis Lobos Negros
Motero Ochentero (uncredited)
Pol Monen
Niño (uncredited)
Sara Montiel
Soledad (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pau Poch
Niño (uncredited)
Leonor Watling
Mónica (uncredited)
José María Yázpik
Extra (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Sep 04 2023

This film treads the fine line between providing an entertaining and sexy piece of cinema with the identification of the serious issues of sexual abuse committed if not always by the clergy, then certainly under their auspices, in Franco's Spain. The story centres around aspiring actor "Angel" (Gael Garciá Bernal) who turns up, unannounced, at the door of his former schoolfriend. This man "Enrique" (Fele Martinez) has gone on to become a successful film director and, perhaps optimistically, "Angel" hopes that the unfinished manuscript he has brought might turn out to be his ticket to success. I...