Between Your Legs (1999) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Javier kills Azucena because she was a transvestite who secretly recorded his sexual fantasies on a phoneline and sold the cassettes across Madrid. When Javier discovers this betrayal and the public humiliation he suffered, he flies into a rage and murders her, then disposes of her body in the abandoned car where he later meets Miranda.

Foreshadowing: The earlier revelation that cassettes of Javier's sexual fantasies were being sold in Madrid hints at the extent of his humiliation and sets up the violent flashback.

• javier
• azucena
• murder
• transvestite
• blackmail
• cassettes

Javier himself placed Azucena's body in the abandoned car after killing her. This happened before he met Miranda at the therapy group. The same car where their illicit encounter takes place is the same vehicle where he disposed of the murder victim.

Foreshadowing: The discovery of the corpse the morning after their meeting creates the central mystery that drives the plot.

• corpse
• car
• body
• abandoned car
• murder investigation

Miranda poisons Félix by putting all his sleeping pills into his soup because she knows he is leading the murder investigation and is eager to pin the crime on Javier. She needs to escape before the police close in on her lover, so she paralyzes Félix temporarily to flee with her belongings and dog to the hotel where Javier is staying.

Foreshadowing: Félix's aggressive suspicion of Javier after seeing him with Miranda creates the immediate threat that drives Miranda to desperate action.

• miranda
• felix
• poison
• sleeping pills
• escape
• husband

Félix suspects Javier primarily because he saw Javier with Miranda together, and as the police investigator leading the case, he has both personal motivation (jealousy over his wife's affair) and professional authority to pursue Javier. His eagerness to pin the murder on Javier combines his professional role with personal vendetta.

Foreshadowing: The tension between Félix and Javier is established early when Félix notices Javier's presence with Miranda at the therapy session.

• felix
• javier
• murder suspect
• police investigation
• jealousy

The cassettes contained recordings of Javier's sexual fantasies that he confided in Azucena over the phone. Azucena secretly recorded these conversations and sold them across Madrid, exposing Javier's private thoughts publicly. This betrayal is what ultimately triggers his violent reaction.

Foreshadowing: The reference to cassettes being sold in Madrid early in the film hints at Javier's hidden shame before the full truth is revealed.

• cassettes
• azucena
• sexual fantasies
• blackmail
• public humiliation

The plane appears to be Brazilian and represents Javier, Miranda, and their dog's attempt to escape Madrid and start fresh somewhere far from the murder investigation. The ambiguous destination symbolizes their uncertain future, they are fleeing consequences but don't know what awaits them, leaving their fate unresolved.

Foreshadowing: The mounting pressure throughout the film, from the corpse discovery to the police closing in, builds toward this desperate escape attempt.

• airport
• escape
• plane
• brazilian
• uncertain future
• flee madrid

Javier's flashback is triggered during sex with Miranda. The intimacy and vulnerability of the moment surface his buried trauma about Azucena's betrayal, causing the traumatic memory to erupt. This reveals the hidden truth about his past murder and exposes how his history continues to haunt his present.

Foreshadowing: Earlier moments of tension and Javier's visible unease hint at unresolved trauma beneath his composed exterior.

• javier
• flashback
• azucena
• trauma
• hotel
• sexual intimacy

The dog represents the domestic life Miranda is leaving behind and the loyalty that persists through turmoil. She takes the dog when she escapes with Javier, symbolizing her commitment to a new life despite the chaos. Meanwhile, Félix buying a replacement puppy at the end suggests a pattern of filling voids rather than addressing loss.

Foreshadowing: The dog accompanies Miranda throughout her escape, providing a continuity of domesticity amid the crime and chaos.

• dog
• loyalty
• escape
• domestic life
• felix
• puppy

Both Javier and Miranda attend the therapy group to address their sexual compulsion issues. The group provides a space where their shared vulnerability creates an immediate connection. This setting is what brings them together initially, establishing the foundation for their dangerous affair.

Foreshadowing: Their mutual attraction at the therapy session immediately sets the trajectory toward the illicit car-park encounter.

• therapy group
• sex addiction
• javier
• miranda
• vulnerability
• meeting

Félix buying a puppy to replace the one Miranda took symbolizes his denial and inability to truly process his losses, his wife's infidelity and the removal of the dog. The ordinary moment of greeting his daughter at the bus stop contrasts sharply with the criminal turmoil, suggesting he chooses to return to normalcy rather than confront the truth.

Foreshadowing: This domestic resolution mirrors the film's themes of escapism and cycles of replacement rather than genuine resolution.

• felix
• puppy
• replacement
• daughter
• domestic
• escape reality

The twist reveal is that Azucena, whom Javier trusted enough to share his sexual fantasies with, was actually a transvestite. This hidden identity, combined with her betrayal by selling the cassette recordings, reframes the entire backstory and explains Javier's extreme violent reaction to being deceived.

Foreshadowing: The earlier mention of cassettes being sold in Madrid and the vague details about Azucena set up this shocking reveal.

• azucena
• transvestite
• identity twist
• reveal
• betrayal
• hidden identity