Acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar offers an emotionally resonant and deeply personal reflection on filmmaking, love and family.
Antonio Banderas, in a performance that earned him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, plays Salvador Mallo, a director stuck in a creative rut. The film follows Mallo as he reflects on the key moments of his life — childhood, past loves and artistic glories — that weave back into the present of his existential predicament. Nominated for the Palme d’Or, and with Alberto Iglesias winning the Cannes Soundtrack Award, Pain and Glory presents Almodóvar in a subtly reflective mode that emphasises his meticulous and artful cinematic style.
Details
| Year: | 2019 |
| Classification: | Ages 18+ |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | Spanish, with English subtitles |
| Director: | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Producer: | Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García |
| Cast: | Antonio Banderas,, Penélope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia |
| Script: | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Program strand: | Features |
| Rights: | Universal Pictures Australia |