Pain & Glory (Dolor y gloria) (2019)
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"First viewing - Aug. 12th Almodóvar is one of a handful of directors I need to watch more films from, so when I spotted this on Starz I wanted to give it a chance. And I'm glad I did. Banderas gives one of his best performances and creates a character that is fully realized. You can tell the story is a personal one, though it's likely enough has been fictionalized to shift the details so the people involved are less easily recognized. And this is one of the few films that employs jumps back an"

"28.8. 2020 An aged film director examines his past while planning his new film project. Almodóvar's film looks gorgeous but it is riddled with cliches and it isn't especially profound in any way. "Pain & Glory" is probably important to its director because the main subject is very personal to him but the film still seems kind of pointless and even repetitive at times."

"Points of anticipation: Almadovar directing with Banderas in the lead. They are proven team! Result: Have Yet to See Trailer: "
“The aging director at the center of Pain and Glory may call himself Salvador Mallo, but one glance at the giant silhouette on the poster lets you know”

"16.2. Narratologisessa mielessä todella hienosti rakennettu filmi, ja onhan tämä nyt muutenkin taas parasta Almodóvaria pitkään aikaan. Almodóvar on tullut komediallisessa mielessä kauas synkästä paikastaan, jossa Matkarakastajien hirvitys tehtiin, ja draamallisessakin mielessä elokuva muistuttaa ohjaajaa parhaimmillaan."
“The aging director at the center of Pain and Glory may call himself Salvador Mallo, but one glance at the giant silhouette on the poster lets you know it’s really Pedro Almodóvar. Crafting one of his most personal and autobiographical works, Almodóvar reveals more of where his provocative worldview and vibrant artistry springs from and invites several of his famous friends along for the ride. Not quite the career capper it threatens to be, please don’t quietly into that goodnight, Pedro, Pain and Glory is still one of his typically mesmerizing Escher-like creations. Almodóvar is less in the mood for subversion and more in confessional spirit with his two-track narrative that finds Salvador as both infirmed artist and young boy. An opening voiceover narration, as is his traditio” read more

"And the Nominees are... *Corpus Christi *Honeyland *Les Misérables *Pain & Glory *Parasite And the Oscar Goes to... There's a very strong chance that it wins BP; it's, at the very least, winning this one. "