Movie Review

'Pain and Glory' may be Pedro Almodóvar's most personal work yet

With an excellent lead performance from Antonia Banderas, the movie shows the famed Spanish director is still capable of delivering provocative storytelling

08 December 2019 - 00:00 By and tymon smith

For almost 40 years Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has mined his personal history to create a body of work notable for its dark, risqué humour, lush visual palette and quirky anarchic insouciance...

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