Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

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¡Átame!
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by Agustín Almodóvar,
Enrique Posner
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Yuyi Beringola
Starring Victoria Abril,
Antonio Banderas,
Loles Léon
Distributed by Miramax (USA)
Release date(s) January 22, 1990 (Madrid),
February 9, 1990 (Barcelona),
May 4, 1990 (USA)
Running time 111 min.
Language Spanish
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spanish: ¡Átame!) is a 1990 film by Pedro Almodóvar, an offbeat Spanish drama starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril.

The film follows Ricky (Banderas), a young man recently released from a mental institution, who has been obsessed with Marina (Abril), an actress, former porn star, and recovering heroin addict, since the pair shared a one-night stand one year ago. Ricky kidnaps Marina, believing that he can force her to fall in love with him. Eventually, Marina does fall in love with him, but still considers herself his prisoner, and tells him to keep her tied up so that she won't try to escape. Subsequently, she reluctantly escapes with the assistance of her sister Lola (played by Loles Léon), but the lovers are eventually reunited.

This film created controversy and was denounced by women's rights groups in the United States for its light-hearted depiction of kidnapping and rape.

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Pedro Almodóvar

Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980) • Laberinto de pasiones (1982) • Entre tinieblas (1983) • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer ésto? (1984) • Matador (1986) • La ley del deseo (1987) • Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) • ¡Átame! (1990) • Tacones lejanos (1991) • Kika (1993) • La flor de mi secreto (1995) • Carne trémula (1997) • Todo sobre mi madre (1999) • Hable con ella (2002) • La mala educación (2004) • Volver (2006)