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  • Starring: Juan Echanove, Marisa Paredes
  • Summary: Leo (Paredes), a writer of romance novels under the name Amanda Gris, is unable to write a happy ending for her latest novel after realizing her marriage to Paco (Arias) is ending. She finds a job as a book reviewer witht he help of her best friend Betty (Elias) and meets Angel (Echanove), an Amanda Gris fan who persuades her to review her own book. Expand
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  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. 100
    If Leo's situation seems like a typical opening gambit by the director of "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" and "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!", little else in this tight, quiet, razor-sharp film will feel familiar. [12 Apr 1996]
  2. Reviewed by: Emma Cochrane
    80
    Almodóvar lets rip with a story of great emotional intensity, while retaining his signature stunning visual style and a central performance quite unlike anything previously seen in his work. A potent and strikingly well-delivered combination.
  3. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    50
    Secret isn't the usual romp, but it's Almodovar's most committed work in years. [7 Mar 1996]
  4. 38
    The Flower of My Secret is likely to be disappointing to Almodovar's admirers, and inexplicable to anyone else.

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