2019 · 114 min · R

Pain and Glory

Name: Pain and Glory
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019
Duration: 114 min
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Drama

Pain and Glory (2019) is a Drama film, directed by Pedro Almodóvar set in Madrid and Valencia during the 1960s–2010s. It runs 114 minutes and is rated R.

Themes of memory & nostalgia, mortality & aging, and identity play out through non linear / fractured timeline and frame narrative.

Composer

Alberto Iglesias

Cinematography

José Luis Alcaine

Cast

Antonio BanderasAsier EtxeandiaLeonardo SbaragliaNora NavasJulieta SerranoPenélope CruzCésar VicenteAsier Flores

The world of this film

Setting

Where

MadridValencia

Setting

Urban Rural

When

1960s 1980s 2010s

Premise & themes

Themes

Memory & Nostalgia Mortality & Aging Identity

Structure

Non Linear / Fractured Timeline Frame Narrative Metafiction

Tone

MelancholicContemplativeNostalgic

Shape

Protagonist

Solo Lead

Pacing

Slow Burn

Dialogue

Balanced

Based on

Inspired By Real Events

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Premise & themes

Shape

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