Pain and Glory
2019 · Movie · R · 114 min · ★ 7.4 · 92% critics
A filmmaker at the twilight of his career looks back on his life, blending memories from different decades with the present. Faced with emptiness, his limits, and mortality, he finds that telling his story may help him keep going and make sense of how art and life are intertwined.
Also known as Pain & Glory
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Details
- Original title
- Dolor y gloria
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-03-22
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (1,919 votes)
- Box office
- $1,626,406
About
You’ll likely enjoy this personal, nostalgic look at an artist’s life and feelings if you like Pedro Almodóvar’s reflective works such as All About My Mother or Bad Education; Not for you if you want a fast, action-heavy story or lots of lighthearted payoff.
Pros: emotional nostalgia; strong performances; vivid style | Cons: pacing drags; some scenes flat; not very action-driven
Themes
- drug abuse
- madrid, spain
- cinema on cinema
- movie business
- creative crisis
- lgbt
- sexual awakening
- valencia, spain
- chronic pain
- film director
- mother son relationship
- gay theme
- +3 more
Awards & recognition
- APRECI Award — Best International Premiere · 2019
- European Film Award — Best Production Designer · 2019
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2019
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2020 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2019 · nominated
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- European Film Award — Best Director · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
Antonio Banderas
as Salvador Mallo
Asier Etxeandia
as Alberto Crespo
Leonardo Sbaraglia
as Federico Delgado
Nora Navas
as Mercedes
Julieta Serrano
as Old Jacinta
Penélope Cruz
as Jacinta
César Vicente
as Eduardo
Asier Flores
as Young Salvador
Cecilia Roth
as Zulema
Susi Sánchez
as Pious Woman from Paterna
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar