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Pain and Glory( 2019)

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Overview

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 Billed Cast

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      Antonio Banderas

      Salvador Mallo

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      Asier Etxeandia

      Alberto Crespo

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      Leonardo Sbaraglia

      Federico Delgado

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      Nora Navas

      Mercedes

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      Julieta Serrano

      Old Jacinta

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      Penélope Cruz

      Jacinta

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      César Vicente

      Eduardo

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      Asier Flores

      Young Salvador

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      Cecilia Roth

      Zulema

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      Susi Sánchez

      Pious Woman from Paterna

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      Raúl Arévalo

      Venancio Mallo

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      Pedro Casablanc

      Dr. A. Galindo

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      Julián López

      Presenter

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      Eva Martín

      Radiologist

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      Sara Sierra

      Conchita

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      Constancia Céspedes

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      Rosalía

      Laundress Rosita

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      Marisol Muriel

      Laundress Mari

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      Paqui Horcajo

      Laundress Mercedes

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      Alba Gómez

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      Xavi Sáez

      Man at Cinema

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      Aline Casagrande

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      Luis Calero

      Father José María

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      Virgil-Henry Mathet

      Gallerist

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      Chimezie Eke

      Drug Dealer

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      Esperanza Guardado

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      Agustín Almodóvar

      Priest at Seminary

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      Miguel Rivera

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      Eneko Galende

      Boy at Seminary

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      Fernando Iglesias

      Pianist

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      Esther García

      Auxiliar (uncredited)

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    A review by SWITCH.

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    Written by SWITCH. on Fri Aug 16 2019
    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 the last act of their lives, looking back at what they have created and the battlefield left in their wake, and facing the terror of never creating again. ‘Pain and Glory’ is an int...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    10769016.00

    Revenue

    37359689.00

    Keywords

    • drug abuse
    • madrid, spain
    • cinema on cinema
    • movie business
    • creative crisis
    • sexual awakening
    • valencia, spain
    • chronic pain
    • film director
    • mother son relationship
    • theatrical production
    • gay theme
    • gay artist
    • earnest