Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1990 Spanish dark romantic comedy film by Pedro Almodóvar

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spanish: ¡Átame!, "Tie Me!")

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is a 1989 Spanish dark romantic comedy film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Victoria Abril and Antonio Banderas alongside Loles Léon, Francisco Rabal, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, and Rossy de Palma. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him. He believes his destiny is to marry her and father her children.

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Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.

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Directed by	Pedro Almodóvar +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Produced by	Agustín Almodóvar Enrique Posner +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Written by	Pedro Almodóvar Yuyi Beringola +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Screenplay by	screenplay by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Story by	story by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Based on	based on +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Starring	Victoria Abril Antonio Banderas Loles Léon Francisco Rabal +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Narrated by	narrated by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Music by	Ennio Morricone +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Edited by	José Salcedo +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Animation by	animation by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Layouts by	layouts by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Backgrounds by	backgrounds by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Color process	color process +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Production company	El Deseo S.A +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Distributed by	Miramax +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Release date	26 January 1990 (1990-01-26) (Spain) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Running time	101 minutes +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Country	Spain +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Language	Spanish +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Budget	budget
Box office	$8 million

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Marina Osorio: You want to fuck me, right? Get it over with.
Ricky: Relax. We'll fuck when the time comes.

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