Leo is a romantic novelist, whose stories are read by millions and whose purple prose is legendary. But she is not all like her frictional heroines, in fact she's fragile creature, perhaps a step away from madness. When her husband Paco, a soldier, returns from military manoeuvres in Bosnia he does not realize that his life with Leo is about to become a battlefield. "A lush mix of tragedy, comedy and cruel paradox, fed by realism, romanticism and intrinsically Spanish flavor... propelled by stellar performance, subtlety and surprises... by far Almodovar's best film in years" Variety
