Anecdotes

Javier Bardem's mother Pilar Bardem plays the midwife who delivers Victor at the start of the film.

First appearance of Penélope Cruz in a Pedro Almodóvar film.

Jorge Sanz was cast as Víctor. One week into shooting, director Pedro Almodóvar replaced him with Liberto Rabal.

Adapted from the novel "Live Flesh" by Ruth Rendell. The book won the 1986 Gold Dagger, awarded by the UK Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year.

The literal translation of the Spanish title is "trembling flesh".