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Tag Archives: Pedro Almodóvar
What Have I Done to Deserve This? AKA ¿Qué he hecho YO para merecer esto!! (1984) Pedro Almodóvar, Carmen Maura, Gonzalo Suárez, Luis Hostalot
In Madrid, the housewife Gloria lives in a tiny apartment with her husband Read More »
Law of Desire AKA La ley del deseo (1987) Pedro Almodóvar, Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Pablo and Tina have complicated sexual lives. Pablo writes and directs plays and films Read More »
Parallel Mothers AKA Madres paralelas (2021) Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Rossy de Palma, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Read More »
High Heels AKA Tacones lejanos (1991) Pedro Almodóvar, Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé
A girl’s mother returns after 15 years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother’s) old boyfriends. Read More »
Dark Habits (1983) Pedro Almodóvar, Cristina Sánchez Pascual, Will More, Laura Cepeda
Yolanda sings in a seedy nightclub. When her boyfriend dies of an overdose, she fears the police and seeks refuge in a convent that saves women from the streets. Read More »
Laberinto de pasiones / Labyrinth of Passions (1982) Pedro Almodóvar, Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Liné, Comedy, Drama
A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner). Read More »
Matador (1986) Pedro Almodóvar, Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Drama, Thriller
An ex-bullfighter who gets turned on by killing, a lady lawyer with the same fetish and a young man driven insane by his religious upbringing – these are the main characters in this stylish black comedy about dark sides of human nature. Read More »
Julieta (2016) Pedro Almodóvar, Adriana Ugarte, Rossy de Palma, Emma Suárez, Drama, Romance
Cuando Julieta está a punto de abandonar Madrid para irse a vivir a Portugal, se encuentra por casualidad con Bea, una antigua amiga de su hija Antía, de la que no sabe nada desde hace años. Read More »