In the year 1913, the brassiere, ecstasy and crossword puzzles were invented. And in a very progressive Barcelona, people were discovering Freud's revolutionary ideas about the unconscious in which everything had to do with sex. After returning from Vienna studying under Freud, psychologist Leon mysteriously flees his home in tears. Alma, his pregnant wife, is left only one clue to this sudden disappearance in the form of a thesis on hysteria and female sexuality based on four of his patients: an actress with a persecution complex; a psychotic woman who tried to murder her husband; a woman with a serious crisis concerning her sexual identity and a stranger who has discovered a terrible secret about her past. Alma enlists the aid of her very conservative brother-in-law Salvador to find the whereabouts of her husband, unaware that Salvador is secretly in love with her. As the two seek out the four patients, they find themselves entangled in ridiculous situations and come face to face with an array of sexual taboos. The chemistry between feisty Alma and lovesick Salvador is sizzling as they delve into the inner recesses of the human mind and heart. Oristrell has created a witty, sexy and smart film that takes viewers on a journey of neuroses, masochism, exhibitionism, inferiority complexes, hysterical paralysis and penis envy! SD
