'Pain and Glory' isn't just Spanish filmmaker Pedro Alomodovar's most personal movie — this story of an aging filmmaker is arguably his greatest. Our review
How fitting that Antonio Banderas, 59, is delivering the performance of his career in a movie loosely based on the life of the director who gave him his breakthrough role in 1982’sthe 21st movie for the 69-year-old Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, the actor plays Salvador Mallo, a former cinematicwho, once upon a time, took on the country’s repressive attitudes.
In this memory piece, set to a supremely lovely score by Alberto Iglesias, Almodóvar takes stock without his usual flamboyant theatrics. Banderas follows suit, his acting a triumph of subtlety and feeling. As Salvador wanders through his Madrid home — a nearly exact replica of Almodovar’s own, right down to the books and paintings that line the walls — the past blends with the present in gorgeously haunting images . In one scene, Salvador picks up a phone without knowing who’s calling.
What separated these lovers? The answer is found in a dramatic showcase that Salvador writes for Alberto , an actor friend he had previously alienated decades ago. It’s when Federico hears the performer recite that monologue in a theater that the past comes rushing back in a way that deeply affects all three men and brings them together in the here-and-now. The artful symmetry is an Almodovar hallmark, and his cinematic memento is filled with the intimate, indelible moments that made a life.
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