Cesar is a well-to-do man about town. Rolling in money and devilishly handsome, his perfect life begins to unravel one night. When trying to shake off a recent conquest, Nuria, who is overstaying her welcome, he meets his 'perfect woman', Sofia(Cruz). The next morning, after spending he evening with Sofia at her place, he is offered a lift home by Nuria who 'happens to be driving by'. The idiot accepts and he only has himself o blame as the spurned fruit loop drives them both off a cliff. He survives, but he has suffered horrific facial injuries beyond the help of the finest surgeons. Then reality starts to come undone.
The setting jumps back and forth in time. From Cesar being interviewed in a psychiatric penitentiary, back to the past and forward to a seemingly ideal future. Which is true? Is anything actually happening or is it all another dream? Who is the man on the TV?
This is a wild original ride, with many twists and turns. What starts out as a psychological thriller, turns into fantasy/horror as what is reality is revealed in the final scenes. The Director/co-writer, Alejandro Amenabar, has stated that he set out to tell a horror story with camera angles rather than gore. It certainly didn't disappoint, though I imagine the pointless Tom Cruise vanity remake, Vanilla Sky, will.
I mean, really! He even cast Penelope Cruz again.
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