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Concepción Neighborhood and Almódovar's Universe
Let’s imagine the production director going over the list of characters. They shoot. What have I done to deserve this? It’s the eighties and the M-30 road marks the division between two Madrids. In the border Pedro Almodóvar set a human landscape that we could call hyperbolic-realist: housewives addicted to tranquilizers, prostitute neighbors, telekinesic girls, pedophiles (memorable line: “In the beginning it was fun, but I’m too young to be tied down”) and Germanophile taxi drivers. Who gives more? All of them move between three immense blocks located next to the M-30, a modern hive which is an example of the development of the city in the last century.
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