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Pain and Glory

R20191h 54mPedro Almodóvar
IMDb 7.5 · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 87

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"Pain, Glory, Love, Art, Cinema"

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.

Drama
Drug AbuseMadrid, SpainCinema On CinemaMovie BusinessCreative CrisisLgbtSexual AwakeningValencia, SpainChronic PainFilm Director

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What is Pain and Glory (2019) about?

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…

Who stars in Pain and Glory?

Pain and Glory stars Antonio Banderas (Salvador Mallo), Asier Etxeandia (Alberto Crespo), Leonardo Sbaraglia (Federico Delgado), Nora Navas (Mercedes), Julieta Serrano (Old Jacinta). The film was directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

How long is Pain and Glory?

Pain and Glory has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2019. It is rated R.

Is Pain and Glory worth watching?

Pain and Glory holds an IMDb rating of 7.5/10. On Rotten Tomatoes it scores 96. Fans of Drama are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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