Pedro Almodóvar
Birthday: 1949-09-25
Place of Birth: Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Biography: Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (born September 25, 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular songs, irreverent humor, strong colors, glossy décor and LGBT themes. Desire, passion, family and identity are among Almodóvar’s most prevalent themes. His films enjoy a worldwide following and he has become a major figure on the stage of world cinema. He founded Spanish film production company El Deseo S.A. with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar who has produced almost all of Pedro’s films. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.
Movies
Dark Habits
After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorit...
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Icónica Chamorro
Journalist Paloma Chamorro symbolized openness and modernity in Spain in the early 1980s. Her person...
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Tatuaje
A short film starring Pedro Almodóvar and Marisa Paredes, parodying a 1940s torch song, the famous S...
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Life Remote Control
A series of miscellaneous film footage are put together, to represented, life as if watching it in f...
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Almodóvar, l'insolent de la Mancha
An anti-conformist, Pedro Almodovar has dared everything in his immense cinematic career. Confrontin...
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Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Documentary about the personal and professional life of Pablo G. del Amo. He is the most influential...
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Pictures of Europe
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures...
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sud...
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God Save the Queens
Creative documentary on the drag queen movement and its origins in Paris, New York and Madrid....
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What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
Persecuted by her controlling ex-husband, Rosa plots an escape...
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What Have I Done to Deserve This?
A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ...
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Words in Progress
Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals....
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The Making of The Skin I Live In
A behind-the scenes featurette documenting the making of Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In....
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Around Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
A featurette containing interviews with cast members who discuss their contributions to Women on the...
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Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Produced in 2014, this documentary about the making of TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! features interviews w...
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Madonna: Truth or Dare
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday ...
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The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
A recorded Q&A hosted by Mark Kermode, where Pedro Almodóvar and Tilda Swintondiscuss the inspiratio...
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The Making of All About My Mother
A documentary from 2012 on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodóvar; Agustí...
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The Making of Pain and Glory
A B-roll behind-the-scenes featurette providing insight into Pain and Glory’s production, with inter...
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Impressions from the Shoot: Making Bad Education
A short featurette of behind the scenes footage from Almodóvar’s Bad Education (2004)....
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The Making of Volver
A short featurette about the emotions of the cast and crew while shooting Volver....
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Making Parallel Mothers
A behind-the-scenes featurette of four sections: Art Design, Photography & Sound, Costume & Makeup, ...
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Chavela
Inspired by an exclusive interview and performance footage of Chavela Vargas shot in 1991 and guided...
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Wandering Heart
Wandering Heart intimately follows Caetano from São Paulo to New York and Japan, during the release ...
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¡Ay, Carmen!
The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director...
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Matador
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death becom...
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El Calentito
Early 80's, Sara is a good-family girl, she has never been with a man, does not drinks, does not tak...
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Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
Shot in 1999, "All About My Mother" is Pedro Almodóvar's thirteenth feature film. The director was a...
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Todos los nombres de Sara
Born in Campo de Criptana, a small village in the Spanish region of La Mancha, Sara Montiel (1928-20...
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Brunes et Blondes
Actresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with erotic, s...
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Pepi, Luci, Bom
After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s ...
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Rapture
José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real w...
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A Man Called Autumn Flower
During the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, young, wealthy Lluis de Serracant leads a double life: by d...
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Law of Desire
Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, conc...
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Arrebatados: recordando a Iván Zulueta
A portrait of the film director Iván Zulueta and his film Arrebato. It features contributions from f...
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Labyrinth of Passion
An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sens...
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Almodóvar en La habitación de al lado
Cristina Teva moves to the Almodóvar universe by the hand of the director from La Mancha. In the off...
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A Free Man
In the 1970s, Agustín Gómez Arcos rose to the top of French literature, while in his own country, Sp...
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