Movies: Pedro Almodóvar

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An Italian documentary about Italian cinema....

Shot in 1999, "All About My Mother" is Pedro Almodóvar's thirteenth feature film. The director was a key figure in the turbulent Movida (the movement for cultural renewal and liberation in post-Franco Spain), explores Barcelona society at the turn of...

Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals....

After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends....

A poor girl works in a general store with a blind boyfriend playing guitar. He becomes famous and she also becomes blind....

A short featurette of behind the scenes footage from Almodóvar’s Bad Education (2004)....

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone....

Persecuted by her controlling ex-husband, Rosa plots an escape...

Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States....

Actresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with erotic, social, and historical meanings. In a bold and unexpected way, the film revisits this ultimate symbol of femininity in international cinema....

Journalist Paloma Chamorro symbolized openness and modernity in Spain in the early 1980s. Her personality and her shows on TVE (then the only TV channel in the country) made her an influential transgressive icon....

Cristina Teva moves to the Almodóvar universe by the hand of the director from La Mancha. In the offices of El Deseo, the journalist talks to a Pedro who shares his vision on the issues surrounding his film The Room Next Door....

Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanish director with the most international recognition, has impacted spectators all around the world. Among them are Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi. The filmmaker is a reference for both of them, and from that admiration this...

A behind-the scenes featurette documenting the making of Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In....

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A short comedy film, among the first films directed by Pedro Almodovar...

A prostitute who works on the countryside complains about her loss of work because of the free love of the hippies. A fairy appears and promises to help her. Out on the motorway she stops a couple of cars with her magic wand. This way she manages to ...

Thirty men in cross-dress and makeup re-enact the moment in the Book of Genesis from the Bible, when Sodomites surround the house of Lot....