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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)

★ 6.8 · 693 ratings on TMDB

A love story... with strings attached!

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! poster★ 6.8

After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.

DirectorPedro Almodóvar
CastAntonio Banderas, Emiliano Redondo, Francisco Rabal, Julieta Serrano, Lola Cardona, Loles León
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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