LABYRINTH OF PASSION narrates several love stories. The majority of them end happily while the rest end unhappily but with a certain ray of hope. The couple around whom the story revolves and who simultaneously provoke intense passions of all types is composed of SEXILIA (a young eromaniac, member of a violent feminist musical group – Las EX – and daughter of a brilliant gynecologist) and RIZA NIRO, the heir to an overthrown Arabian emperor who is more interested in cosmetics and men than in international politics. In the background of it all, Madrid, the most evolved city in the western world, the most uncomfortable, the wildest, the most fun. And on top of all this, the film examines love and love’s difficulties.
LABYRINTH OF PASSION narrates several love stories. The majority of them end happily while the rest end unhappily but with a certain ray of hope. The couple around whom the story revolves and who simultaneously provoke intense passions of all types is composed of SEXILIA (a young eromaniac, member of a violent feminist musical group – Las EX – and daughter of a brilliant gynecologist) and RIZA NIRO, the heir to an overthrown Arabian emperor who is more interested in cosmetics and men than in international politics. In the background of it all, Madrid, the most evolved city in the western world, the most uncomfortable, the wildest, the most fun. And on top of all this, the film examines love and love’s difficulties.
"A glamorous clash of frocks and jocks (and jocks in frocks) in a Madrid peopled by drug-takers, pop stars, wannabes, terrorists and sex maniacs."
Time Out
"[Labyrinth of Passion]...shows off the bright, gaudy visual style, the breezy manner and the exuberant energy that are Mr. Almodovar's particular virtues."
New York Times