In this melodrama, an over-the-hill hooker (she is 33), sobs her heart out when her lover (a 21-year-old Antonio Banderas in his first feature-length role) leaves her after two years of non-connubial bliss. That dramatic moment happens only after other events have taken them through Madrid's back alleys, front streets, and in one case, the home of a drag queen.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide