

Pain and Glory
2019-03-22 · 114 min · ★ 7.4
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Production companies
- El Deseo, TVE
- Countries
- Spain
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 10,769,016
- Revenue
- USD 37,359,689
Top Cast
Antonio BanderasSalvador Mallo
Asier EtxeandiaAlberto Crespo
Leonardo SbaragliaFederico Delgado
Nora NavasMercedes
Julieta SerranoOld Jacinta
Penélope CruzJacinta
César VicenteEduardo
Asier FloresYoung Salvador
Cecilia RothZulema
Susi SánchezPious Woman from Paterna
Raúl ArévaloVenancio Mallo
Pedro CasablancDr. A. Galindo
Julián LópezPresenter
Eva MartínRadiologist
Sara SierraConchita
RosalíaLaundress Rosita
Paqui HorcajoLaundress MercedesTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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