Directed by:
Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay:
Pedro AlmodóvarCinematography:
José Luis AlcaineComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Penélope Cruz, Raúl Arévalo, Cecilia Roth, Julián López, Susi Sánchez (more)VOD (1)
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Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) is a veteran film director, afflicted by multiple ailments, the worst of which is his inability to continue filming. His physical condition doesn't allow it and, if he can't film again, his life has no meaning. The mixture of medications, along with an occasional flirtation with heroin, means that Salvador spends most of his day prostrate. This drowsy state transports him back to reflect on his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to Paterna, a village in Valencia, in search of prosperity, and the struggles and improvising his Mother made so that the family could survive. The appearance of his first desire and his first adult love in the Madrid of the 80s. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation. (Pathé Distribution UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2020 - Antonio Banderas (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 2020 - Best Foreign Language Film
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2020 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Film not in the English Language)
European Film Awards
- 2019 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
- 2019 - Best Film
- 2019 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2019 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Screenwriter)
César Awards
- 2020 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Film)
Goya Awards
- 2020 - Best Film
- 2020 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2020 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
- 2020 - Julieta Serrano (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2020 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2020 - Teresa Font (Best Editing)
- 2020 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Original Score)
- 2020 - Penélope Cruz (Best Actress)
- 2020 - Asier Etxeandía (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2020 - Leonardo Sbaraglia (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2020 - José Luis Alcaine (Best Cinematography)
- 2020 - Best Sound
- 2020 - Antxón Gómez (Best Art Direction)
- 2020 - Paola Torres (Best Costume Design)
- 2020 - Best Make Up
- 2020 - Best Production Supervision
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2020 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Non-English Language Film)
Polish Film Awards
- 2020 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best European Film)
AACTA International Awards
- 2020 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
Golden Globes
- 2020 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
- 2020 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2020 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
- 2020 - Best Foreign Language Film
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2019 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
- 2019 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Language Film)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2019 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
- 2019 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign-Language Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2019 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
Cannes Film Festival
- 2019 - Antonio Banderas (Best Actor)
- 2019 - Pedro Almodóvar (Golden Palm - Official Competition)