Pain and Glory – Cineclub el Muégano

"Dolor y Gloria" talks about creation, the difficulty of separating it from one's own life and the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to write again.

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El Muégano Film Club presents:
Wednesday March 18
Festival Cinema CYCLE
TITLE: Pain and Glory

ORIGINAL TITLE: Pain and Glory

SYNOPSIS: It narrates a series of reencounters in the life of Salvador Mallo, a film director in his decline. Some of them physical, and others remembered, such as his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to Paterna, a town in Valencia, in search of prosperity, as well as his first wish, his first adult love already in the Madrid of the 80s, the pain of this love breaking up when it was still alive and throbbing, writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable, the early discovery of cinema, and the emptiness, the immeasurable emptiness in the face of the impossibility of continuing filming. "Dolor y Gloria" talks about creation, the difficulty of separating it from one's own life and the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to write again.

Year: 2019
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 1hr 53min
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Pedro Almodovar
Spanish Language
Classification: +16 years
Cast Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penelope Cruz

Awards
2019: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film & Actor (Banderas)
2019: Golden Globes: Nom. for Best Actor (Banderas) and Foreign Language Film
2019: Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor (Antonio Banderas)
2019: 7 Goya Awards: including Best Film, Director, Actor (Banderas) and Screenplay
2019: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
2019: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Antonio Banderas)

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