Pain and Glory

Pain and Glory

Dolor y gloria

Pain and Glory tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the 60s, when... More
1h53m Spain 2019
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Gay Romance Coming-of-Age Europe Movies

Synopsis

Pain and Glory tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the 80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense, writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable, the early discovery of cinema, and the void, the infinite void that creates the incapacity to keep on making films. Pain and Glory talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one's own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation.

"Emotions and eye-popping colors tell the director's deeply personal story, with Antonio Banderas front and center."-Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

Details

Country
Spain
Language
Spanish
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Cast
Antonio BanderasAsier EtxeandiaLeonardo SbaragliaPenélope CruzJulieta Serrano
Awards & Selections
Academy Awards 2020 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Best International Feature Film Nominations, Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Best Actor, Cannes Soundtrack Award, Goya Awards 2020 - 7 Awards including Best Film, Director, Lead Actor
Review
Pedro Almodóvar makes moments with meaning

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