La piel que habito 7 Nov 2012 Director: Pedro Almodovar Spain 2011 117 min An occasionally disturbing – but nonetheless stunning – film, The Skin I Live In revisits many themes familiar from earlier Almodovar works: identity, revenge, and overwhelmingly powerful emotions. Running throughout is the idea of dark secrets and revelation. Plastic surgeon Robert… Continue reading The Skin I Live In
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Bad Education
La mala educacion 5 Oct 2005 Director: Pedro Almodovar Spain 2004 106 min Celebrated Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s latest film opened the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It is a film noir set in Madrid and told over three time-frames. Hele, a 2 successful director, is approached by Ignatio who was once his close friend. Ignatio… Continue reading Bad Education
Volver
10 Oct 2007 Director: Pedro Almodovar Spain 2006 121 min Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula. Her husband Paco is an unemployed labourer and drunkard. Her sister, Sole, works as a hairdresser and lives nearby. The sisters lost their mother, Irene, in a fire in their home village years ago. Their… Continue reading Volver
La piel que habito
The Skin I Live In 07 Nov 2012 Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain 2011 117 min An occasionally disturbing – but nonetheless stunning – film, The Skin I Live In revisits many themes familiar from earlier Almodóvar works: identity, revenge, and overwhelmingly powerful emotions. Running throughout is the idea of dark secrets and revelation. Plastic surgeon… Continue reading La piel que habito
Julieta
15 Mar 2017 Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain 2016 99 min Pedro Almodóvar is back on familiar ground with this sombre and ravishing study of grief, guilt and burden. Told over 30 years with two actresses (Emma Suárez and the younger Adriana Ugarte) playing one woman, this is the story of Julieta who is facing family… Continue reading Julieta
Los Abrazos Rotos – Broken Embraces
3 Nov 10 Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain 2009 128 min Renowned for his elegant, stylish films, Almodóvar’s love of cinema is condensed into the story of Harry Caine, a filmmaker whose personal life is as dramatic as his screen creations. Blinded in a car accident that also claimed the life of his lover, Lena, played… Continue reading Los Abrazos Rotos – Broken Embraces
High Heels
15 Nov 1995 Director: Pedro Almodovar USA 1991 114 min Awaiting the arrival of her actress mother in Madrid airport, a young woman reminisces about events from her childhood and her stepfather’s death – for which she was responsible. Now married, she is unaware that her husband is her mother’s former lover. It transpires that… Continue reading High Heels
Parallel Mothers
4 January 2023 Spain/France 2021 Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s new feature film follows two women, Janis (Penélope Cruz) and Ana (Milena Smit), whose paths cross in a hospital where they are about to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, has no regrets and is exultant. The… Continue reading Parallel Mothers