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- Salvador’s crisis is real, but its performative quality is a relief; it lightens the heaviness and gives you permission to laugh. “Pain and Glory” can be achingly sad, but its pleasures, rainbow hues and humor keep it (and you) aloft.
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Oct 3, 2019 · There’s a tender, heartbreaking scene in Pedro Almodovar’s excellent “Pain and Glory,” in which one character asks another if the pain he caused him derailed his art. The other, a famous director who knows a thing or two about physical and emotional pain, scoffs at the idea.
In addition to the stellar performances and sumptuous cinematography, Pain and Glory is a compassionate and realistic portrait of the bittersweet realities inseparable from a life near...
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia. 15 cert, 113 mins. Pedro Almodovar's Pain and Glory (screening in competition in Cannes) is the kind of indulgent and...
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May 17, 2019 · General. ‘Pain and Glory’ Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s Best Movie in Years Is His Most Personal. Antonio Banderas excels as a version of the Spanish auteur in what may be the closest he comes to...
Oct 3, 2019 · Critic’s Pick. ‘Pain and Glory’ Review: Almodóvar’s Dazzling Art of Self-Creation. Antonio Banderas plays a filmmaker in crisis in Pedro Almodóvar’s movie about loss, love, imagination and...
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May 20, 2019 · Pain and Glory is much more restrained than the films Almodóvar made in his glory days. But it’s hardly joyless.
In Pain and Glory, an aging and ill film director (Antonio Banderas) reflects on the choices he’s made in life. Reunited with an actor (Asier Etxeandia) from his past, as well as memories of...