---
title: 'Law of Desire (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pedro Almodóvar'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
certification: 'NC-17'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/law-of-desire-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093412/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Law of Desire (1987)

1987 · NC-17 · 102 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · Spain

Original title: La ley del deseo

## Synopsis

The Law of Desire is a 1987 Spanish comedy thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Eusebio Poncela as Pablo, Carmen Maura as Tina and Antonio Banderas as Antonio, it was the first film Almodóvar made independently with his own production company El Deseo.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Agustín Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/agustin-almodovar)
- **Director:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Screenplay:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernardo Bonezzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernardo-bonezzi)
- **Editor:** [José Salcedo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-salcedo)

## Cast

- [Fernando Guillén Cuervo](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-guillen-cuervo)
- [Antonio Banderas](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-banderas)
- [Manuela Velasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuela-velasco)
- [Helga Liné](https://cinepixo.com/people/helga-line)
- [Agustín Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/agustin-almodovar)
- [Nacho Martínez](https://cinepixo.com/people/nacho-martinez)
- [Victoria Abril](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-abril)
- [Fernando Guillén Gallego](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-guillen-gallego)
- [Marta Fernández-Muro](https://cinepixo.com/people/marta-fernandez-muro)
- [Eusebio Poncela](https://cinepixo.com/people/eusebio-poncela)
- [Rossy de Palma](https://cinepixo.com/people/rossy-de-palma)
- [Carmen Maura](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-maura)
- [Germán Cobos](https://cinepixo.com/people/german-cobos)
- [Pedro Almodóvar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-almodovar)

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