Pedro Almodóvar’s most intimate film yet. Without being autobiographical, it is full of personal experiences and references to the director’s career.
Salvador Mallo is a fading film director, unable to work due to a personal crisis and a creative block brought on by illness. His loneliness drives him into a series of encounters, some real and some remembered: his childhood in the 1960s, first love, the pain of a breakup, the discovery of film, loss, writing as therapy to help him forget… During this process of rediscovery of the past, Salvador feels an urgent need to narrate it, a need which will also become a lifeline.
Technical specifications
Screenplay
Pedro Almodóvar
Actors
Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Julieta Serrano, Nora Navas, Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia, César Vicente
Photography
José Luis Alcaine
Music
Alberto Iglesias
Duration
113 min.
Production
El Deseo
Awards
Platino Awards for the best film, director, actor, screenplay, music and editing (2020)
European Film Award for Best Actor (2019)
Best Actor award at the Cannes International Film Festival (2019)
Goya Awards for the best film, director, lead actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, music and editing (2020)
