Parallel Mothers, 2021.Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, Daniela Santiago, Julieta Serrano, Ainhoa Santamaría, Adelfa Calvo, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.SYNOPSIS:Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; […]
Movie Review – Pain & Glory (2019)
Pain & Glory, 2019.Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Julieta Serrano and Leonardo Sbaraglia.SYNOPSIS:A film director reflects on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him. The title of Pain & Glory is a truly perfect way to describe the film. While there are […]
Movie Review – Pain and Glory (2019)
Pain and Glory, 2019.Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, César Vicente, Asier Flores, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano and Raúl Arévalo. SYNOPSIS:A legendary director, Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) reflects on his distinguished life and career, taking in relationships with his mother (Penélope Cruz), problematic leading men (Asier Etxeandia), and […]
Movie Review – Pain and Glory (2019)
Pain and Glory, 2019.Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, César Vicente, Asier Flores, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano and Raúl Arévalo.SYNOPSIS:An ageing filmmaker is haunted by some of the ghosts of his past as he prepares for a restored screening of one of his most memorable works.With the movie […]
UK poster and trailer for Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory starring Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz
Pathe has released a UK poster and trailer for writer-director Pedro Almodovar’s upcoming drama Pain and Glory which reunites the acclaimed director with his frequent collaborators Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz alongside a cast that also includes Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta SerranoSome of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood […]
