Pain and Glory
Also known as Pain & Glory, Dolor y gloria
2019 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar
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7.4Salvador 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.
Released: 2019-03-22114 minDir: Pedro AlmodóvarDramaBudget: $10.8MBox office: $37.4M
Cast
- Antonio Banderas as Salvador Mallo
- Asier Etxeandia as Alberto Crespo
- Leonardo Sbaraglia as Federico Delgado
- Nora Navas as Mercedes
- Julieta Serrano as Old Jacinta
- Penélope Cruz as Jacinta
Themes
- drug abuse
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Pain and Glory (Spanish: Dolor y gloria) is a 2019 Spanish drama film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. It stars Antonio Banderas as an aging and ailing film director who reflects on his life. The supporting cast features Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, and Penélope Cruz.
Pain and Glory was released in Spain on 22 March 2019 to positive reviews. It made its international debut at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and won two awards: Banderas for Best Actor and Alberto Iglesias for Best Soundtrack. At the 92nd Academy Awards, Pain and Glory was nominated for Best International Feature Film, and Banderas was nominated for Best Actor.