This text examines the work of Pedro Almodovar, the Spanish director whose nine features to date include the comedy, <i>Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</i> (1988), the S & M melodrama, <i>Tie me up! Tie me down!</i> (1990) and the family romance, <i>High Heels</i> (1991). This study argues not only that Almodovar is a highly skilled manipulator of cinematic form, but also that his films raise important questions—of gender, nationality and sexuality—which demand a serious response from their audience. <i>Desire Unlimited</i> offers analyses derived from recent feminist, gay and postmodern theory.