Almodovar's most straightforward drama.

Currently watching all his early films (already seen his later ones) and this is definitely his most mainstream, straightforward - somewhat 'un-Almodovaresque' - drama. No regular themes such as sexuality, gender, comedy; minimal group of main characters; nothing that makes it definitively Spanish - I could see this being made starring someone like Meryl Streep... (even though there's no-one else like Meryl Streep!).