Filmlist Pedro Almodovar - Pain And Glory

Take the test: Try to summarize an Almodovar film - after you have seen it - in five sentences. It will not succeed! But Almodovar movies seem so easy! However: After going to the cinema you think you just experienced something like a confused dream. I saw the first Almodovar film in 1989, thirty years ago. One of those colourful, crazy, sexy films from the early days. I think Pain And Glory remembers these films. The first film from Almodovar's late phase. Like all Almodovar movies, Pain And Glory is about love. And he was never more tender! Pain And Glory tells the story of the aging filmmaker Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas), who suffers from severe back pain. Salvador has never been able to overcome the death of his beloved mother, even after years. Just as little as the loss of his great love! Maybe these are the reasons why he doesn't make a new film anymore? Short and sweet; Salvador's story is that of Pedro Almodovar. Salvador spends most of his time in the bedroom. He takes pills. He is in a state of twilight, alone in his large apartment, amidst his beloved works of art. He remembers his mother (Penelope Cruz), radiant and beautiful. She loved her son so much! I think Cruz, who has been shooting with Almodovar since the 90s, knows her house director well enough to know how he felt about his mother. Bandera's close connection with his director is just as strong. If I count correctly, they both made ten films together. No guarantee, I won't check it out on imdb now. It's up to the customers to correct me. Essential: The long cooperation between the main actors and the director creates a unique magic on the screen! Then Salvador meets his great love (Leonardo Sbaraglia) again after years. What a cinematic moment! They kiss, embrace. The neck is tingling! We feel all this what both feel for each other: Longing. Reconciliation. Passion. Pain And Glory has become a really big movie! A film in which we merge with the characters.