Release, runtime and language

1989 · 108 mins · Spanish

Directed by

Fernando Trueba

Starring

Jeff Goldblum, Miranda Richardson, Xavier Maly, Dexter Fletcher, Asunción Balaguer, Arielle Dombasle

A disillusioned American screenwriter living in Paris is contracted by a pretentious young director he detests to pen his latest film. He becomes infatuated with the director’s icy, manipulative sister, whose allure pulls him into a web of deceit. As their relationship deepens, his world collapses and he discovers he has been thoroughly used.