Diego Caretti

Bernabe (José Sacristán) works as an artistic director for a publicity firm but his avocation is fawning after his bosses, sleeping with whomever might advance his career, and ignoring his wife. Life continues on in this vein until he meets a young model whom he invites up to his boss's temporarily vacant country house, pretending the house belongs to him. Not very far away, bulldozers and other machinery are clearing the beautifully wooded area so construction can start on an amusement park. Little does Bernabe realize that his potential new conquest is a seriously fanatical environmental advocate, and she arrives at the house with friends, gets Bernabe high and "out of it," and then she and her friends proceed to trash the construction machinery. Once Bernabe comes around again, he finds out what has happened, loses heart for his planned sexual escapade, and begins to appreciate his wife for the first time.

Gloria, femme de ménage débordée et dépressive, vit avec sa belle-mère, son mari et ses deux fils dans son appartement de 40m². Un jour, la pharmacienne lui refuse des amphétamines et là, Gloria craque... Pour son 4ème film, Pedro Almodovar nous emmène dans une escapade dans son monde underground : une comédie noire sur la famille, dans lequel il dirige l'une de ses actrices fétiches : Carmen Maura.