Isn't there an American movie, set in the South, where there's a murder and the women (or woman) involved in it cook the dead guy and serve it to the unsuspecting cop who's investigating the crime? Fried Green Tomatoes, maybe?
Yes, I thought that she was planning to cook the corpse and serve ot to the movie crew, and that was most likely an intentional joke on Almodovar's part.
Regarding the padlock... a padlock would never seal the lid tightly enough to prevent fluids from coming out. So, the tape made perfect sense to me. But otherwise, the body disposal was handled naively. Someone, sooner or later, would come across the burial site and see that the soil looks uneven. To make matters worse, Raimunda carves the dead man's initials and years on a tree's bark! Is she begging to be found out and charged with the crime?
Woudln't Paco have relatives who would suspect foul play? 99% of the time, when a person disappears, the spouse is the first suspect! Cops would have questioned her, even if the burial site had not been reported by someone. The cops would have found about the rented van, the packing supplies she bought (all from the same store!), the neighbors who helped her load a suspicious large fridge, etc. Lots of loose ends.
But I digress. None of this really matters. Movies are not supposed to be like real life, just like paintings are not meant to replicate reality.
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