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...father, a doctor, passed away when she was very young, and Maddox grew up taking care of her invalid mother...
...printed alphabetically the names of all candidates nominated as provided for under Section 5 of Article III. A voter shall place a number, designating his order of preference, after the name of each nominee, and if any name is not marked on a ballot, that ballot shall be invalid. If any nominee shall receive a majority of first choices, he shall be declared elected; if no nominee receives such a majority, the second choices shall be added to the first and if any nominee shall have a majority of first and second choices added together, he shall be declared elected...
...majority shall be more than half of the number of ballots cast, in the case of a count of first choices and more than the whole number of ballots cast, in the case of adding first and second choices, and so on, invalid ballots being in all cases excluded...
...Every ballot not containing the required number of names for Marshals or the respective committees shall be invalid for the Marshals or that Committee...
This is of no consequence to Benigno (Javier Camara). Sexually innocent, he learned caregiving by tending his invalid mother. He has transferred his skills and affections to Alicia (Leonor Watling), a ballet dancer struck down in an auto accident. He scarcely knows her. He fell in love with her from afar and exchanged only a few words with her as he quietly stalked her when she was still vital. Now he chatters endlessly to her--mostly about music, plays and movies, including an erotic silent film, brilliantly concocted by Almodovar, in which a tiny, shrunken man is seen traversing...