Labyrinth of Passion is an early foray by Almodovar into the chaos and anarchy of the many permulations of desire. Billed as the first Almodovar film that "your can see and hear", it has the bold, primary colours of a low budget Sirk.

Sexilia is a young sex fiend, member of a female rock group and daughter of a brilliant and twisted gynaecologist. She is in love with Riza Niro, heir to a fallen Arab empire, who is more preoccupied with make up and men than with international politics. They are the central couple around which the film revolves, just one step away from losing control.

The kaleidoscopic trip through the Labrynth of Passion takes in music, shameless obsessions, terrorism, test-tube babies, remedies for people with dry lips and brittle fingernails, murky pasts and uncertain futures.

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