Synopsis
Labyrinth of Passion (Laberinto de pasiones, 1982) is an early Pedro Almodóvar comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Set in the wild Madrid of the Movida scene, it throws a nymphomaniac pop singer and a gay Middle Eastern prince into the same crowd and lets the coincidences spiral.
The prince is hunted on two fronts at once — a cell of revolutionary Islamists and a former empress who wants nothing more than to get pregnant by him. Add a terrorist who tracks people by smell, a dry cleaner's where fates collide, and a dozen characters whose beds and schemes tangle past all logic. Cecilia Roth and Imanol Arias anchor the chaos, and a very young Antonio Banderas turns up in a tiny part — one of his first screen roles.
This is Almodóvar's second feature and a pure burst of Spanish punk kitsch: loud colour, provocation and absurdity laced with real tenderness. Worth it for anyone curious where the future Oscar winner got his start, and unbothered by trash with a big heart. Stream Labyrinth of Passion online on iFILM.
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