spain   based on novel   missing person   captive   kidnapping   film within a film   1950s   blood   singing   flashback   bare chested male   male nudity   father daughter relationship   blood spatter   female nudity   tied up   breaking the fourth wall   actor   heroin   depression   nudity   stage   reconciliation   humiliation   sexual humiliation   dress   mental illness   cocaine   insanity   film director   gay   male frontal nudity   male underwear   addiction   rapist   maid   surveillance camera   headache   movie poster   fireworks   three word title   monologue   drawing   animated sequence   scar   cinema   gay kiss   sexual awakening   soap   homosexuality   nostalgia   art gallery   children's choir   working class   video surveillance   briefs   semi autobiographical   childhood memory   hypochondriac   loss of daughter   pubic hair   death of wife   poverty   washing clothes   makeup   hairy chest   surgeon   2010s   prisoner   playing piano   plastic surgeon   plastic surgery   experiment   gay lead character   gay character   madrid spain   car on fire   sex change   medical experiment   choir   yoga   genetic engineering   clothing   tequila   skin graft   heroin addict   absent father   shackles   white briefs   outdoor sex   opium   ex boyfriend   body part in title   reference to marilyn monroe   toledo spain   genetic experimentation   chained   reference to anton chekhov   bricklayer   skin   lesson   transgender   gun shot   opium pipe   backache   year 2006   medical ethics   wedding band   introspection   bees   blood cell   change of identity   cutting one's own throat   disgruntled customer   face transplant   part of the body in title   petrie dish   scientist's daughter   shave   suicide of daughter   tearing clothing   transgendered   wedding banquet   writing on wall   human anatomy   year 2012   living in a cave   man undressing   hospital visit   film festival   existential crisis   philosophical conversation   metaphoric title   lecture   reference to william shakespeare   doctor   theater   escape   hospital   near future   written by director   mother son relationship   revenge   voice over narration   male pubic hair   rape   male rear nudity   male full frontal nudity   telephone call   kiss   gun   sex scene   swimming pool   underwater scene   shot in the chest   undressing   death of daughter   younger version of character   penis   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