Juan flees Madrid and an incestuous relationship with his sister, Ana, working at a mine on the Andalucian coast. When his friendship with Rosario, a local shop girl, becomes romance, Ana shows up wanting to rekindle their affair. He resists at first, but she stays, asserting that Juan is the only man she can ever love. Juan distances himself from Rosario. The mine has problems: high cancer rates in the area caused by poorly stored radioactive waste. A foreign safety engineer, Petersen, tries to connect with Ana, is rebuffed, but lets her stay in his sea-front bungalow. Juan seeks her out to demand she leave, only to argue with Petersen. Death, desire, and longing play out.
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Antonio Banderas as Juan
Emma Suárez as Ana
Bruce McGuire as Petersen
Rosario Flores as Rosario
Rafael Díaz as Colorao
Germán Cobos as Antonio
Patricia Palacios as Mary
Queta Claver as Madre de Ana / Ana's mother
Pilar Bardem as Madre de Rosario / Rosario's mother
Carmen Balagué as Dolores
Estanis González as Padre de Ana / Ana's father
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