The Flower of My Secret
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pedro Almodóvar
Abraham Garcia
Kiti Manver
Rossy De Palma
Imanol Arias
Manuela Vargas
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
For years, Leo has been writing bestselling romantic novels (under the pseudonym Amanda Gris), but with her personal life in shambles, she finds it impossible to produce such sunny material. Unable to accept that her troubled marriage to Paco is over, Leo finds herself creatively and emotionally blocked. She finds little consolation from her mother and sister Rosa, who are so busy bickering with each other that they don't notice Leo's distress, and her best friend Betty, a psychologist who is secretly having an affair with Paco. One bright point is a new friendship with Angel, cultural editor of the daily paper El Pais, who unknowingly hires her to write an attack on her nom de plume, Amanda Gris.
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Cast
Abraham Garcia
Kiti Manver
Rossy De Palma
Imanol Arias
Manuela Vargas
Alicia Agut
Marisa Paredes
Marisol Muriel
Gloria Munoz
Chus Lampreave
Maria Teresa Ibanez
Juan Echanove
Carmen Elias
Juan Jose Otegui
Jordi Mollà
Joaquin Cortes
Nancho Novo
Jose Palau
Crew
Agustin Almodovar
Pedro Almodóvar
Alejandro Basquez
Alfonso Beato
Alfonso Beato
Wolfgang Burmann
Juan Pedro Hernandez
Marisa Ibarra
Alberto Iglesias
Pedro Lazaga
Miguel Lopez-pelegrin
Bernardo Menz
Hugo Mezcua
Antonio Panizza
Jose Salcedo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States April 12, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 5, 1996
Expanded Release in United States June 21, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 15, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 22, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 29, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 10, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 31, 1996
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States January 1996
Released in United States March 1996
Released in United States November 1995
Released in United States on Video December 3, 1996
Released in United States September 1995
Released in United States Spring March 8, 1996
Shown at London Film Festival November 2-19, 1995.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 - October 15, 1995.
Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (out of competition) September 14-23, 1995.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 8-17, 1996.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 1996.
Began shooting January 16, 1995.
Completed shooting March 17, 1995.
The twelfth feature for Almodovar, whose previous films include the Super-8mm "Fuck, Fuck, Fuck Me" (Spain/1978), followed by "Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap" (Spain/1980), "Labyrinth of Passion" (Spain/1982), "Dark Habits" (Spain/1983), "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" (Spain/1984), "Matador" (Spain/1986), "The Law of Desire" (Spain/1987), "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (Spain/1988), "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!" (Spain/1990), "High Heels" (Spain/France/1991), and "Kika" (Spain/France/1993).
Released in United States January 1996 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 1996.)
Released in United States March 1996 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 8-17, 1996.)
Released in United States Spring March 8, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 15, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 22, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 29, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 5, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 12, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 10, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 31, 1996
Expanded Release in United States June 21, 1996
Released in United States September 1995 (Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (out of competition) September 14-23, 1995.)
Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at London Film Festival November 2-19, 1995.)
Released in United States on Video December 3, 1996
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 29 - October 15, 1995.)
