From Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Live Flesh, All About My Mother) comes this offbeat drama about Leo Macías (Marisa Paredes), a romance novelist who writes her trashy tomes under the pseudonym Amanda Gris. When her marriage begins to dissolve, Leo finds herself falling into despair, leading her to drink and lose her knack for writing her tawdry tales. Out of her turmoil, she writes a bleak novel that garners no attention. To make matters worse, Ángel (Juan Echanove), a newspaper editor
with a romantic interest in Leo, hires her to write a scathing review of Amanda Gris, not realizing Gris is Leo's nom de plume. Nominated for several Goya awards, La Flor de Mi Secreto also stars Carmen Elías and Rossy de Palma. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
If it isn't as successful as his very best work, neither is it a failure -- and there are certainly enough Alomodovarisms to bring a smile to anyone's face
I found this dramatization a mature Almodovar work, perceptive and cutting through in an incisive way to the everyday problems in life that wear people down.
The flower of my secret has a much more serious tone to it than most of Almodóvar's films. It's not completely without humour but I did find it to have a welcome element of seriousness. I personally thought Marisa Paredes was brilliant in the lead role and I was entertained throughout. I can see why the Almodóvar hard
core didn't like it so much though, his usual trashy flare is replaced by a rather sensible sophistication but I generally believe that this is among his better films. I certainly don't think you'd have Volver or Broken Embraces without The Flower of my Secret!
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