If you were to tell me that ‘Pain and Glory’ was Pedro Almodóvar’s final film, I would be inclined to believe you. Rarely has the act of looking back on one's past been so vividly and honestly depicted, and so richly and emotionally satisfying. You can feel the need for this film to exist in every frame, a need to understand and reflect and celebrate and mourn. It is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads, entering…
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
Top Cast
Antonio Banderas
Salvador Mallo
Asier Etxeandia
Alberto Crespo
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Federico Delgado
Nora Navas
Mercedes
Julieta Serrano
Old Jacinta
Penélope Cruz
Jacinta
César Vicente
Eduardo
Asier Flores
Young Salvador
Cecilia Roth
Zulema
Susi Sánchez
Pious Woman from Paterna
Raúl Arévalo
Venancio Mallo
Pedro Casablanc
Dr. A. Galindo
Julián López
Presenter
Eva Martín
Radiologist
Sara Sierra
Conchita
Constancia Céspedes
Reviews
This is a wonderful notional career retrospective of filmmaker "Salvador Mallo" (Antonio Banderas) who has a reached an age where he struggles with painkillers and mobility issues - and so embarks on a bit of nostalgia reliving his life. This will one day be described as a classic. Almodóvar at his most pure, grafting the fiction to the fact in such a beautifully crafted way that it is almost impossible to know how…
FAQ about Pain and Glory
What is Pain and Glory about?
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the…
When was Pain and Glory released?
Pain and Glory was released in 2019.
What genres does Pain and Glory belong to?
Pain and Glory is categorised as Drama.
Who stars in Pain and Glory?
The cast of Pain and Glory includes Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano.