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Pain and Glory

Pain and Glory

20197.41h 54m

Overview

Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by Esther García, Agustín Almodóvar
Box OfficeBudget: $10.8MRevenue: $37.4M

Top Cast

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

Salvador Mallo

Asier Etxeandia

Asier Etxeandia

Alberto Crespo

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Federico Delgado

Nora Navas

Nora Navas

Mercedes

Julieta Serrano

Julieta Serrano

Old Jacinta

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Jacinta

César Vicente

César Vicente

Eduardo

Asier Flores

Asier Flores

Young Salvador

Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth

Zulema

Susi Sánchez

Susi Sánchez

Pious Woman from Paterna

Themes & Keywords

drug abusemadrid, spaincinema on cinemamovie businesscreative crisislgbtsexual awakeningvalencia, spainchronic painfilm directormother son relationshipgay themegay artistearnest

About Pain and Glory

Pain and Glory is a drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of drug abuse, madrid, spain, cinema on cinema, movie business, creative crisis, lgbt. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, it stars Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia. Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

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