César (Eduardo Noriega) is a rich womanizer until one night he falls madly in love with beautiful, warmhearted Sofía (Penélope Cruz) -- only to become horribly disfigured in a car accident with his unstable ex (Najwa Nimri) the next morning. Doctors restore César's appearance, but he starts having nightmarish hallucinations that lead him to kill Sofía. Director Alejandro Amenábar's thrilling love story inspired the 2001 American film Vanilla Sky.