在这部蚕剧情片中,西班牙民主后电影，导演和阿尔莫多瓦是同一代的。Madrid, 30 years. Days before the outbreak of the Civil War, a rich industrial worried because it has no offspring, rigged a wedding between her daughter and a mentally retarded worker in the notary who lives dominated by his mother. The girl, not to become pregnant suffer the indignities of his new family, who only have an interest in receiving the money from her father in exchange for a healthy grandchild.
