Pain and Glory (2019)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 114 min · Drama
65.9 TOPICAL score · #960 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Pain and Glory (2019, directed by Pedro Almodóvar) has a TOPICAL score of 65.9 - ranked 960 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 3 awards from 7 nominations, including the European Film Award for Best Actor. Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 87. Audiences: TMDB 7.4/10 (1,962 ratings) · IMDb 7.5/10. Wikipedia covers it in 40 languages.
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- Critics96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 87
- AudienceTMDB 7.4/10 (1,962 ratings) · IMDb 7.5/10
- Awards3 wins, 7 nominations - incl. European Film Award for Best Actor; European Film Award for Best Production Designer; APRECI Award for Best International Premiere
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 40 languages
- Still read16,840 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Antonio Banderas (actor #510), Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas
“On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 88 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10