Law of Desire (1987)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Cinematography by Ángel Luis Fernández
NC-17102 min62 frames
DramaRomanceThrillerComedy
An Outrageously Funny Tale of Lust, Passion and Jealousy!
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What is Law of Desire about?
Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
The Law of Desire is a 1987 Spanish comedy thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Eusebio Poncela as Pablo, Carmen Maura as Tina and Antonio Banderas as Antonio, it was the first film Almodóvar made independently with his own production company El Deseo.
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What does the cinematography of Law of Desire look like?
Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of Law of Desire leans on medium shots (45% of the sample) and close-ups (23%). Cinematographer Ángel Luis Fernández keeps 45% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 60% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 61% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Law of Desire (1987) are #2f3031, #121111, #f4f4f2, #d3d3d0, #525250, #cb312d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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