Live Flesh 1997 Pedro Almodovar

Live flesh is the bit of skin, especially around the mouth, that is beyond our control. It twitches, for example, when we commit sins, crimes or otherwise deny our urges. It is one of the ways the body resists the mind.

The story of "Live Flesh" picks up as Victor is released from prison on good behavior - very, very good behavior. Victor is the ideal reformed prisoner, complete with educational degree and the desire to come to terms with the cop he consigned to a wheelchair, who is now the star of Spain's Olympic champion paraplegic basketball team. In the six years Victor was in prison, David has not only become an athlete on wheels, he has also married Elena, the spoiled diplomat-brat addict who thanked him for saving her by cleaning up her life and opening an orphanage to help others