La Ley Del Deseo (aka Law Of Desire) (1987)

A film director (Eusebio Poncela) casually picks up a handsome young man (Antonio Banderas) and what should have been a one night stand turns deadly when the young man turns out to be a homicidal, obsessive psychotic who will do anything (including murder) to completely possess the director. The director must also deal with his neurotic transgender sister (Carmen Maura) who is raising her niece to be a good Catholic girl. Yes, it's that wild and wacky Pedro Almodovar up to his tricks again. Almodovar's melodrama examines the insanity that desire (it's sure not love) drives us to and the consequences of that follow when we are unable to harness our unbridled emotions. The film is pretty dramatic for the most part until the absurd ending when it becomes a comedy in spite of itself (or I could be wrong, perhaps Almodovar intended it). But then again, the entire film is absurd but who said love is logical? Whatever its flaws, as with most of Almodovar's films, it's riveting. His unique vision is like no one else's and when even not at his best, Almodovar remains more fascinating than most hacks when they do everything right. Maura, no surprise, commands the screen whenever she appears. With Rossy De Palma.