
Horrified, César smothers her to death with a pillow. But as he makes love to Sofía one night, she suddenly changes into Nuria. On awakening, everything has changed: Sofía now claims to love him and the surgeons restore his lost looks. Sofía cannot bear to see him and tries to keep her distance.Īfter César's disfigurement, he begins to have a series of disorienting experiences. César survives the crash but is horribly disfigured, beyond the help of cosmetic surgery, so he decides to wear a mask to conceal his face. On the way to her house, however, she crashes the car with the intent to kill them both. The next morning, César's obsessive ex-lover Nuria ( Najwa Nimri) pulls up outside Sofía's flat, offering him a ride and sex. Later, he takes her home and stays the night, but they do not sleep together. At his birthday party, he flirts with Sofía ( Penélope Cruz), his best friend Pelayo's ( Fele Martinez) date.


Flashbacks reveal the following events: Good-looking César is attractive to women.

He tells her not to leave him messages on his alarm clock.įrom a prison cell in Madrid, the 25-year-old man, César ( Eduardo Noriega), tells his story to psychiatrist Antonio (Chete Lera) while wearing a prosthetic mask. He wakes again, this time to a woman in his bed. A handsome young man wakes up to a female voice telling him to open his eyes.
