This installment from the middle period of one of the best-known contemporary Spanish filmmakers tells the story of mental patient Ricky (Antonio Banderas) who kidnaps an ex-porn actress named Marina (Victoria Abril). This sets the scene for an unlikely love story, but Almodovar has a talent for making the absurd seem authentic. Described by Apollo Movie Guide as a brave, convention-challenging sex farce about the ties that bind us in love, Tie Me Up! is explicit in both its sex scenes and its emotional honesty. Despite the X rating administered by the MPAA in 1990, Almodovar refused to recut his film. Soon after the film's release, the NC-17 rating came into existence, and Tie Me Up! retains that rating today. Come and see this sexy and colorful piece of controversy.

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