Title of film : PAIN AND GLORY
Director Name : Pedro Almodovar
Cast & crew :
Producer : Agustin Almodovar,Esther García
Editor : Teresa Font
Cast :
Synopsis : PAIN AND GLORY tells of a series of re-encounters 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.
Director Bio : Pedro Almodóvar was born in Calzada de Calatrava, in the heart of La Mancha, in the 50s. At 17, he left home and moved to Madrid, with no money and no job, but with a very specific project in mind: to study cinema and direct films. It was impossible to enrol in the official film school because Franco had just closed it, so he worked at many sporadic jobs until he could buy his first Super-8mm camera. In 1986, he founded the production company El Deseo with his brother Agustín. Since then, they have produced all the films that Pedro has written and directed. They have also produced other talented directors such as Lucrecia Martel, Alex de la Iglesia, Guillermo del Toro, Isabel Coixet or Damián Szifrón.
Filmography :
