Pain and glory

SPAIN RELEASE
March 23, 2020
MADRID PRODUCTION COMPANY
El Primer Deseo, A.I.E. , El Deseo D.A. S.L.
Contact
El Deseo D.A. S.L.
Address
Francisco Navacerrada, 24. 28028 Madrid
TELEPHONE NUMBER
34 91 724 81 99
DISTRIBUTION
Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia, S.L.U.

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Synopsis

Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline, experiences a series of reencounters. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered. His childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the 80s and the pain of the breakup while this love was still alive and intense, writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable, the early discovery of cinema, and the infinite void that creates the incapacity to keep on making films. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it and, in that need, he also finds his salvation.

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Artistic and technical data

PRODUCTION YEAR
2019
Genre
Drama
RUNTIME
108
FILM RATING
Not recommended for audiences under 16
Original version
Spanish
Format
DCO - 1:1.85 - Dolby Digital - SDDS
Locations
Madrid, El Escorial, Aranjuez, Paterna (Valencia)
Production
Agustín Almodóvar
Direction
Pedro Almodóvar
Cast
Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano
Screenplay
Pedro Almodóvar
Music
Alberto Iglesias
Photography
José Luis Alcaine
Edition
Teresa Font
Project financing
ICAA, RTVE