Film: What Have I Done To Deserve This?

In a strange way this is possibly Almodovar's most 'realistic' film. Although the plot and characters appear extraordinarily outlandish, the film's style, reflecting the tenement surroundings, is lacking the outrageous colourations and stylisations of his later films. However, Carmen Maura is wonderful as the put-upon wife and mother, who sells one of her sons to a paedophile dentist and eventually uses a joint of meat to... Well, that would be giving the plot away!