It’s rare to find a filmmaker who could confront the topic of rape directly and still elicit humor, yet Pedro Almodóvar seems to have pulled it off, largely due to Verónique Forqué’s consistently entertaining portrayal of the central make-up artist. We are introduced to her when she's called upon by her boyfriend, "Nicholas" (Peter Coyote), to prepare his son “Ramón” (Àlex Casanovas) for viewing. The story might have…