
Quick Info
- Year
- 2019
- Director
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Duration
- 114 min
- Language
- ES
- Country
- ES
- Budget
- $10.8M
- Box Office
- $37M
External Ratings
IMDb7.4
🍅 Rotten Tomatoes74%
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Pain and Glory
Our Rating
7.5/10
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7.2/10
7/10
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.
Rating Breakdown
Story
7.5
Acting
7.6
Direction
7.4
Cinematography
7.2
Music
7
✓Pros
- Exceptional dramatic depth
- Outstanding performances
- Emotionally powerful story
✕Cons
- Slow pacing in some scenes
- Requires close attention






