Pain and Glory


Synopsis

Pain and Glory tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the 80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense, writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable, the early discovery of cinema, and the void, the infinite void that creates the incapacity to keep on making films. Pain and Glory talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation.

Home Entertainment Release Date

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Genre: Drama, World Cinema

Year: 2019

CREDITS

CAST
Antonio Banderas
Penélope Cruz
DIRECTED BY
Pedro Almodóvar

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PHOTOS

Antonio Banderas © El-Deseo. Photo by Nico Bustos. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classic.
Left to Right: Antonio Banderas as Salvador, Julieta Serrano as Jacinta (old) © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
PAIN AND GLORY cast Standing: Nora Navas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, César Vicente, Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas Sitting: Asier Flores, Asier Exteandía, Julieta Serrano, Penélope Cruz © El Deseo. Photo by Nico Bustos. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Director Pedro Almodóvar. © El-Deseo. Photo by Nico Bustos. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classic.
Left to Right: Asier Etxeandía, Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Center: Asier Etxeandía as Alberto © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Penélope Cruz Jacinta (young), Asier Flores as Salvador (kid) © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Pedro Almodovar, Antonio Banderas In Pain and Glory. Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Left to Right: Antonio Banderas as Salvador, Julieta Serrano as Jacinta (old) © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Asier Etxeandía as Alberto, Leonardo Sbaraglia as Federico © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Antonio Banderas as Salvador, Nora Navas as Mercedes © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Center: Penélope Cruz as Jacinta (young) © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Center: Antonio Banderas as Salvador © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Penélope Cruz Jacinta (young), Salvador (kid), Rosalía as Rosita, Women of the Village © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Center: Nora Navas as Mercedes © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
xLeft to Right: Asier Etxeandía as Alberto, Antonio Banderas as Salvador © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodóvar © El Deseo. Photo by Manolo Pavón. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.