1. The themes of : desire, desire to know about others, death, (re)birth. How does the film link them together?
Of all the themes in the movie, Almodovar ties these four the best. These themes correlate to the movie plot itself. There is the mother's desire not only for sexual relations, but also to have a child to care for. Then there is Estaban's desire to know his father. Because Manuela only had a brief affair with the father of Estaban, Manuela had to raise Estaban as a single mother. Therefore, this fuels Estaban's need to know the other part of him. Then Estaban is killed by a car when he is chasing after his favorite actress, Huma. After which, Manuela works with a nun who is ironically pregnant by the same man who impregnated Manuela. After the nun, Rosa, dies in childbirth, Manuela cares for Rosa's son whom she names Estaban. Therefore for Manuela, there's a rebirth in opportunity for her. Since she loses her first son, she now has the opportunity to in a strange way recreate him. Almodovar uses these themes throughout the movie, to show that without one, the others would not be possible. Therefore, life is merely a continuation of whatever occurred before it.
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