spain   dream sequence   rainstorm   slow motion   film within a film   hotel   1950s   singing   crying   psychiatrist   flashback   bare chested male   male nudity   female nudity   bare breasts   breaking the fourth wall   female frontal nudity   haircut   cell phone   tragedy   actor   imperative in title   heroin   coma   vagina   depression   nudity   female pubic hair   stage   reconciliation   lust   cocaine   jail   bare butt   film director   gay   male frontal nudity   male underwear   male nurse   addiction   headache   movie poster   fireworks   computer   three word title   monologue   coma rape   coming out of a coma   drawing   animated sequence   snake   scar   tragic love   cinema   infatuation   gay kiss   sexual awakening   catholic church   soap   menstruation   homosexuality   nostalgia   crutch   art gallery   children's choir   working class   briefs   semi autobiographical   ballet   theatre   childhood memory   hypochondriac   ballerina   actual animal killed   pubic hair   poverty   washing clothes   melodrama   surgeon   2010s   playing piano   gay lead character   madrid spain   loss of girlfriend   choir   tequila   matador   jordan   heroin addict   concierge   absent father   white briefs   body care   pregnant from rape   ex boyfriend   physical therapy   ballet teacher   reference to marilyn monroe   reference to anton chekhov   bricklayer   lesson   embroidery   bullfighting   backache   hit by car   introspection   human anatomy   ballet school   living in a cave   man undressing   hospital visit   film festival   existential crisis   philosophical conversation   metaphoric title   friendship   movie theater   cemetery   reference to william shakespeare   doctor   theater   hospital   gay slur   writer   suicide   written by director   mother son relationship   pregnancy   voice over narration   male pubic hair   rape   male full frontal nudity   telephone call   nurse   kiss   swimming pool   underwater scene   undressing   shrinking   younger version of character   theft   penis   sex   priest   drugs   death of mother   male protagonist   adult illiteracy   artistic creation   auto fiction   boy choir   chronic pain   cinematheque   creative crisis   dysphagia   film shooting   forestier's disease   getting old   illiterate   male beauty   paterna spain   q & a   reference to buenos aires argentina   reference to cecil beaton   reference to chavela vargas   reference to elizabeth taylor   reference to garcia lorca   reference to havana cuba   reference to iceland   reference to ivory coast   reference to jean cocteau   reference to mexico city   reference to natalie wood   reference to robert taylor   seminary   surgical scar   wash tub   washing clothes in river   wedding