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Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo almoˈðoβaɾ kaβaˈʝeɾo]; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and author. His films are marked by melodrama , irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narratives.
IMDb provides an extensive overview of the life and career of Pedro Almodóvar, the most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel. Browse his credits, photos, videos, trivia, and more on the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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Jun 13, 2024 · Pedro Almodovar, Spanish filmmaker known for colorful and melodramatic films that often feature sexual themes. His notable films included Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, All About My Mother, and Talk to Her. Learn more about Almodovar’s life and career.
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A list of the top movies directed by the Spanish filmmaker, ranked by user ratings and popularity. From All About My Mother to The Skin I Live In, discover the diverse and colorful works of Pedro Almodóvar.
- “Bad Education” The MPAA slapped the tantalizingly lurid spectacle “Bad Education” with an NC-17 in 2004, and it was probably the best thing that could’ve happened to Almodóvar in years, because this dazzling and horrifying masterpiece of a movie ended up earning more than $40 million globally, and $5 million in the U.S. It’s one of the highest-grossing NC-17 films of all time, right there behind “Showgirls,” “Henry & June,” and “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.”
- “All About My Mother” Almodóvar rightly won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1999 for this luscious ode to the women and the films that have inspired him.
- “Talk to Her” Almodóvar won the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award in 2003 for this sensuous and creepy story of two men, a nurse and a writer, who bond over the love they feel for two women in comas.
- “Volver” The 21st-century stretch of Almodóvar’s career has found the director working at the peak of his powers, and 2006’s “Volver” is no exception.
Nov 27, 2016 · The Evolution of Pedro Almodóvar. The Spanish director made a name for himself with raunchy, transgressive films. His latest is a tender adaptation of Alice Munro. By D. T. Max. November 27,...
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro.
