Pain & Glory
aka Dolor y gloria
First screened in October 2019

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Director: Pedro Almodóvar. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Asier Flores, Penélope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, César Vicente, Julieta Serrano, Raúl Arévalo, Cecilia Roth, Pedro Casablanc, Eva Martín. Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar.

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Twitter Capsule: Concentric circles of self-examination, with greatest insights in middle. Big ironic wallops at end. Banderas excels.

Second Capsule: As I guessed, Pain & Glory moved and impressed more the second time. To quote: "It's your eyes that changed, mi amor. The movie's the same."

VOR: ⑤  Blends the heartfelt with the calculated, yielding a major, genuinely revealing act of self-exposure by a crafty director we thought we knew.

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Photo © 2019 Sony Pictures Classics/El Deseo

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Actor: Antonio Banderas
	Best International Film
Golden Globe Nominations:
	Best Actor (Drama): Antonio Banderas
	Best Foreign Language Film
Other Awards:
	Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor (Banderas); Cannes Soundtrack Award
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Banderas)
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor (Banderas); Best Foreign Language Film
	National Society of Film Critics: Best Actor (Banderas)
	European Film Awards: European Actor (Banderas); European Production Design (Antxón Gómez)

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