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Pedro Almodovar

Pedro Almodovar

September 25, 1949 (74 years old)

Strange Way of Life

V.O.: Extraña forma de vida
Esp. 2023. Western by Pedro Almodovar with Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, José Condessa. Surprised by the return of the rancher with whom he had a torrid passion 25 years earlier in Mexico, a sheriff understands that his visit conceals another motive.
Runtime: 31 min.

Parallel Mothers

V.O.: Madres Paralelas
Esp. 2021. Drama by Pedro Almodovar with Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde. In the aftermath of childbirth, the fates of a single photographer and a teenage girl are unexpectedly intertwined.
Runtime: 123 min.

Pain & Glory

V.O.: Dolor y gloria
Esp. 2019. Psychological drama by Pedro Almodovar with Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz. The presentation at the cinematheque of one of his greatest films prompts a director to reconcile with the lead actor after a 32-year feud.
Runtime: 114 min.
Esp. 2016. Melodrama by Pedro Almodovar with Emma Suarez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao. Hoping for the return of her daughter who left years ago without any explanation, a retired woman starts writing her love story with her daughter
Runtime: 96 min.

I'm So Excited

V.O.: Los Amantes Pasajeros
Esp. 2013. Comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Javier Camara, Carlos Areces, Raul Arévalo. As a disabled Airbus waits for a crash landing, flight attendants and passengers drown their anxiety in a mescaline-fortified cocktail.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Skin I Live In

V.O.: La Piel que habito
Esp. 2011. Thriller by Pedro Almodovar with Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes. Creator of a very resistant artificial skin, a plastic surgeon experiments it on a young woman sequestered in his private clinic.
Runtime: 120 min.

Broken Embraces

V.O.: Los Abrazos Rotos
Esp. 2009. Sentimental drama by Pedro Almodovar with Lluis Homar, Penélope Cruz, Blanca Portillo. Fifteen years after losing his sight, a writer and ex-director tells his assistant about his tragic love affair with the star of his last film.
Runtime: 129 min.
Esp. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas. The life of a Madrid worker is turned upside down when her teenage daughter kills her husband and the ghost of her mother moves in with her sister.
Runtime: 120 min.

Bad Education

V.O.: La Mala Educacion
Esp. 2004. Mores drama by Pedro Almodovar with Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Daniel Gimenez Cacho. A tormented actor proposes to a childhood friend turned filmmaker to make a film inspired by their own lives.
Runtime: 105 min.

Talk to Her

V.O.: Hable con ella
Esp. 2002. Drama by Pedro Almodovar with Javier Camara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor Watling. A lonely nurse who secretly loves a comatose patient befriends a writer whose girlfriend is also in a coma.
Runtime: 112 min.

All About My Mother

V.O.: Todo sobre mi madre
Esp. 1999. Mores drama by Pedro Almodovar with Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz. The mother of a teenager killed in an accident tries to find his father, whom she had left eighteen years earlier.
Runtime: 101 min.

Live Flesh

V.O.: Carne Trémula
Esp. 1997. Mores drama by Pedro Almodovar with Javier Bardem, Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri.
Runtime: 101 min.

Flower of My Secret

V.O.: La Flor de mi Secreto
Esp. 1995. Dramatic comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Imanol Arias.
Runtime: 107 min.
Esp. 1993. Mores comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Veronica Forqué, Peter Coyote, Victoria Abril. The tribulations of a young make-up artist with an unwavering optimism who evolves among eccentric and often unscrupulous people.
Runtime: 112 min.

High Heels

V.O.: Tacones Lejanos
Esp. 1991. Dramatic comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bose. The tense reunion between a former famous singer and her daughter who married her ex-lover.
Runtime: 113 min.
Esp. 1989. Sentimental comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles Leon. An unbalanced man kidnaps an actress he has fallen in love with, in the hope that she will reciprocate his feelings.
Runtime: 100 min.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

V.O.: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Esp. 1988. Mores comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Maria Barranco. A television actress tries to reach her lover who has just left her.
Runtime: 89 min.

Law of Desire

V.O.: La Ley del deseo
Esp. 1986. Dramatic comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas. A gay filmmaker who suffers from amnesia is wrongly suspected of a former lover's murder.
Runtime: 101 min.
Esp. 1985. Mores drama by Pedro Almodovar with Assumpta Serna, Nacho Martinez, Antonio Banderas. A perverted lawyer defends a young bullfighter who has accused himself of crimes he did not commit.
Runtime: 106 min.

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

V.O.: Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!
Esp. 1984. Mores comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Carmen Maura, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma. The tribulations of a cleaning lady who works hard from morning to night to support her family.
Runtime: 101 min.

Dark Habits

V.O.: Entre tinieblas
Esp. 1983. Satire by Pedro Almodovar with Cristina S. Pascual, Marisa Paredes, Mari Carrillo. Following the suspicious death of her partner, a singer finds refuge in a convent with eccentric nuns.

Labyrinth of Passion

V.O.: Laberinto de pasiones
Esp. 1982. Mores comedy by Pedro Almodovar with Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Antonio Banderas. In Madrid, chance brings about multiple encounters with a self-confessed nymphomaniac and a psychologist.
Runtime: 98 min.

Pepi, Luci, Bom and the Other Girls

V.O.: Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del monton
Esp. 1980. Satire by Pedro Almodovar with Carmen Maura, Eva Siva, Alaska.
Runtime: 81 min.

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