Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’ takes Spanish festival’s audience prize.
The 68th edition of the Valladolid International Film Week, also known as Seminci, wrapped on Saturday (October 28), giving its top award, the Golden Spike, to Laura Ferrés’ debut feature The Permanent Picture.
It is the first time the best feature award at the long-running film festival has been won by a Spanish woman director.
Ferrés previously directed short film The Disinherited which won the Cannes Discovery Award for best short in 2017.
See below for full list of winners
The Permanent Picture is the story of an introverted middle-aged...
The 68th edition of the Valladolid International Film Week, also known as Seminci, wrapped on Saturday (October 28), giving its top award, the Golden Spike, to Laura Ferrés’ debut feature The Permanent Picture.
It is the first time the best feature award at the long-running film festival has been won by a Spanish woman director.
Ferrés previously directed short film The Disinherited which won the Cannes Discovery Award for best short in 2017.
See below for full list of winners
The Permanent Picture is the story of an introverted middle-aged...
- 10/30/2023
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
“Return to Dust,” the latest work from Chinese director Li Ruin won the top Golden Spike at the Seminci Valladolid Film Festival, Spain’s traditional arthouse platform, which this last week sold over 100,000 tickets for the second time in a row, a sign of much needed, if temporary, vitality in Spain’s desperately sagging art pic market.
“An absorbing, beautifully framed drama that makes a virtue — possibly too much a virtue — of simplicity,” stated Variety’s Jessica Kiang in her Berlinale review, “Dust” is set in a decimated Chinese village, where a downtrodden couple in an arranged marriage forge an unexpected bond as they eke out a living from the land. “Return to Dust” was released in China in September.
“Eo” director Jerzy Skolimowski (“11 Minutes”) earned the best director prize for “a damning polemic on our relationship to other intelligent species — as free labor, food and companions — as seen through the dewy,...
“An absorbing, beautifully framed drama that makes a virtue — possibly too much a virtue — of simplicity,” stated Variety’s Jessica Kiang in her Berlinale review, “Dust” is set in a decimated Chinese village, where a downtrodden couple in an arranged marriage forge an unexpected bond as they eke out a living from the land. “Return to Dust” was released in China in September.
“Eo” director Jerzy Skolimowski (“11 Minutes”) earned the best director prize for “a damning polemic on our relationship to other intelligent species — as free labor, food and companions — as seen through the dewy,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Indian helmer Pan Nalin’s “Last Film Show” walked off on Saturday with the top prize, the Golden Spike, at the 66th Valladolid Intl. Film Festival, one of Spain’s biggest and oldest film events and a bastion of festival-prized art film titles.
The French-Indian co-production marks Nalin’s homage to celluloid and is told through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy whose life is turned on its head after he watches his first film at the cinema. World premiering at Tribeca, it became the first foreign-language feature to score as the first runner up for Tribeca’s Audience Award.
Writer and director Pan Nalin said: “What we started in our solitude in a remote countryside of Gujarat has now started to echoing in multitudes the world over. Winning the best picture Golden Spike at the Seminci is like belonging to the rich history of cinema that Valladolid has stood for nearly seven decades.
The French-Indian co-production marks Nalin’s homage to celluloid and is told through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy whose life is turned on its head after he watches his first film at the cinema. World premiering at Tribeca, it became the first foreign-language feature to score as the first runner up for Tribeca’s Audience Award.
Writer and director Pan Nalin said: “What we started in our solitude in a remote countryside of Gujarat has now started to echoing in multitudes the world over. Winning the best picture Golden Spike at the Seminci is like belonging to the rich history of cinema that Valladolid has stood for nearly seven decades.
- 11/1/2021
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
Pedro Almodóvar’s challenging films shouldn’t be only for his dedicated fans: nobody mixes genuine human compassion with world-class filmmaking as well as he … while maintaining a marvelous sense of humor, of human proportion. This 1999 effort is perhaps Pedro’s strongest drama, and yet another heartfelt endorsement of womankind. For the life-beleaguered Manuela, tragedy and melodramatic setbacks only bring out a primal determination to heal all wounds.
All About My Mother
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 1012
1999 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 101 min. / Todo sobre mi madre / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date January 28, 2020 / 39.95
Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Rosa María Sardá, Toni Cantó, Eloy Azorín, Carlos Lozano.
Cinematography: Affonso Beato
Film Editor: José Salcedo
Original Music: Alberto Iglesias
Produced by Augustín Almodóvar
Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
My descriptions of this movie can’t convey what a warm, moving, and even funny experience it is.
All About My Mother
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 1012
1999 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 101 min. / Todo sobre mi madre / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date January 28, 2020 / 39.95
Starring: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Rosa María Sardá, Toni Cantó, Eloy Azorín, Carlos Lozano.
Cinematography: Affonso Beato
Film Editor: José Salcedo
Original Music: Alberto Iglesias
Produced by Augustín Almodóvar
Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
My descriptions of this movie can’t convey what a warm, moving, and even funny experience it is.
- 2/1/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Pedro Almodóvar bounces back with an absorbing saga of a mother and daughter told in an interesting style. A woman feels isolated, powerless, alone and anguished about what has happened in her life. Is any of it her fault? Or is all of it her fault? How do we hold relationships together, or do they fall apart no matter what we do? Highly rewarding dramas still exist; they don’t all go begging for Oscar nominations… just learn to read subtitles and you too can find out how the rest of the world lives.
Julieta
Blu-ray
Sony Pictures Classics
2016 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date March 21, 2017 / 30.99
Starring: Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Michelle Jenner, Darío Grandinetti, Rossy de Palma,Susi Sá Sánchez, Joaquín Notario, Pilar Castro, Tómas del Estal.
Cinematography: Jean-Claude Larrieu
Film Editor: José Salcedo
Original Music: Alberto Iglesias
Written by Pedro Almodóvar based on three short stories by Alice Munro
Produced by Augustín Almodóvar,...
Julieta
Blu-ray
Sony Pictures Classics
2016 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date March 21, 2017 / 30.99
Starring: Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Michelle Jenner, Darío Grandinetti, Rossy de Palma,Susi Sá Sánchez, Joaquín Notario, Pilar Castro, Tómas del Estal.
Cinematography: Jean-Claude Larrieu
Film Editor: José Salcedo
Original Music: Alberto Iglesias
Written by Pedro Almodóvar based on three short stories by Alice Munro
Produced by Augustín Almodóvar,...
- 3/28/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 855
1988 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 89 min. / Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 21, 2017 / 39.95
Starring Carmen Maura, Fernando Guillén, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma, María Barranco, Kiti Manver, Guillermo Montesinos, Chus Lampreave, Yayo Calvo, Loles León, Ángel de Andrés López, José Antonio Navarro.
Cinematography: José Luis Alcaine
Film Editor: José Salcedo
Original Music: Bernardo Bonezzi
Produced by: Augustin Almodóvar
Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Connected film festival attendees learned about Pedro Almodóvar before everybody else, especially if they had an understanding of new developments in Spanish cinema. Film school had shown us nothing but the very exceptional work of Luis Buñuel, most of which is really from Mexico and France. In the 1980s we Angelenos were just getting access to films by the old-school ‘traditional’ rebel Spaniards Carlos Saura and Juan Antonio Bardem.
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 855
1988 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 89 min. / Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 21, 2017 / 39.95
Starring Carmen Maura, Fernando Guillén, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma, María Barranco, Kiti Manver, Guillermo Montesinos, Chus Lampreave, Yayo Calvo, Loles León, Ángel de Andrés López, José Antonio Navarro.
Cinematography: José Luis Alcaine
Film Editor: José Salcedo
Original Music: Bernardo Bonezzi
Produced by: Augustin Almodóvar
Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Connected film festival attendees learned about Pedro Almodóvar before everybody else, especially if they had an understanding of new developments in Spanish cinema. Film school had shown us nothing but the very exceptional work of Luis Buñuel, most of which is really from Mexico and France. In the 1980s we Angelenos were just getting access to films by the old-school ‘traditional’ rebel Spaniards Carlos Saura and Juan Antonio Bardem.
- 1/31/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Grace is Gone: Gout’s Aggressive Debut Charts Patterns of Criminality
Don’t let the poetic title fool you, as Everardo Gout’s directorial debut Days of Grace does not document an iota of such virtue. As one character points out, “To live in Mexico is to gamble with your life every day.” Belonging to a growing class of Mexican filmmakers determined to recreate the visceral, dangerous realities of everyday existence, Gout’s work is comparable to names like Gerardo Naranjo and Amat Escalante. Drawing upon three thematically related incidents to filter his exploration of violence, Gout chooses a significant waning period, that of the World Cup. The televised event sees crime rates drop by thirty percent as both sides of the law take a break from the usual rampage. While Gout may not reveal anything surprising, his intention to unnerve and agitate is apparent from the first frame,...
Don’t let the poetic title fool you, as Everardo Gout’s directorial debut Days of Grace does not document an iota of such virtue. As one character points out, “To live in Mexico is to gamble with your life every day.” Belonging to a growing class of Mexican filmmakers determined to recreate the visceral, dangerous realities of everyday existence, Gout’s work is comparable to names like Gerardo Naranjo and Amat Escalante. Drawing upon three thematically related incidents to filter his exploration of violence, Gout chooses a significant waning period, that of the World Cup. The televised event sees crime rates drop by thirty percent as both sides of the law take a break from the usual rampage. While Gout may not reveal anything surprising, his intention to unnerve and agitate is apparent from the first frame,...
- 4/29/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 19, 2014
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril get to know each other in Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
The rambunctious 1990 dark comedy Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s (Broken Embraces) colorful and controversial tribute to the pleasures and perils of Stockholm syndrome.
The film stars Antonio Banderas (Haywire) as an unbalanced but alluring former mental patient and Victoria Abril (Walking Vengeance) as the B-movie and porn star he takes prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.
A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of Almodóvar’s international sensation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the international cinema’s most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the director’s great cinematographer José Luis Alcaine...
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril get to know each other in Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
The rambunctious 1990 dark comedy Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s (Broken Embraces) colorful and controversial tribute to the pleasures and perils of Stockholm syndrome.
The film stars Antonio Banderas (Haywire) as an unbalanced but alluring former mental patient and Victoria Abril (Walking Vengeance) as the B-movie and porn star he takes prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.
A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of Almodóvar’s international sensation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the international cinema’s most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the director’s great cinematographer José Luis Alcaine...
- 5/20/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Elena Anaya, Antonio Banderas, The Skin I Live In No Rest For The Wicked Tops, Pedro Almodóvar Empty-Handed: Goyas 2012 Winners Best Film La Piel que habito / The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodóvar * No habrá paz para los malvados / No Rest for the Wicked, Enrique Urbizu La Voz dormida / The Sleeping Voice, Benito Zambrano Blackthorn. Sin destino / Blackthorn, Mateo Gil Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language Boleto al paraíso (Cuba), Gerardo Chijona Miss Bala (Mexico), Gerardo Naranjo * Un cuento chino / Chinese Take-Away (Argentina), Sebastián Borensztein Violeta se fue a los cielos (Chile), Andrés Wood Best European Film Jane Eyre (United Kingdom), Cary Fukunaga Melancholia (Germany / Denmark / France), Lars von Trier * The Artist (France), Michel Hazanavicius Carnage (France), Roman Polanski Best Director Pedro Almodóvar, The Skin I Live In Benito Zambrano, The Sleeping Voice * Enrique Urbizu, No Rest for the Wicked Mateo Gil, Blackthorn Best New Director Paula Ortiz, De tu ventana a la mía...
- 2/20/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) and the other nominations for the 2012 Goya Awards (Premios Goyas) have been announced. The 26th Annual Goya Awards (Premios Goyas), presented by the Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences), is “Spain’s main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards.” The awards will be handed out on February 19, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
The full listing of the 2012 Goya Awards (Premios Goyas) nominations is below.
Film
La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In), Pedro Almodovar
No habrá paz para los malvados (No Rest for the Wicked), Enrique Urbizu
La voz dormida (The Sleeping Voice), Benito Zambrano
Blackthorn. Sin destino (Blackthorn), Mateo Gil
Director
Pedro Almodovar, La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In)
Benito Zambrano, La voz dormida...
The full listing of the 2012 Goya Awards (Premios Goyas) nominations is below.
Film
La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In), Pedro Almodovar
No habrá paz para los malvados (No Rest for the Wicked), Enrique Urbizu
La voz dormida (The Sleeping Voice), Benito Zambrano
Blackthorn. Sin destino (Blackthorn), Mateo Gil
Director
Pedro Almodovar, La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In)
Benito Zambrano, La voz dormida...
- 1/11/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Written by: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet
This film slices right to the brain.
I don’t know a single person who walked out of the screening for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In who wasn’t at least fascinated. Many were thoroughly disturbed. I was delighted. Almodóvar assembled the kind of story I never thought would dare to see the mainstream screen, with a technical mastery that’s as good as any film that has.
My joy over The Skin I Live In has many roots. One is the style of horror film it is. Another is how bizarre and outrageously brave it is, but I’ll touch on that later. For all you eager genre film fans out there, I want to assure you right off the mark that the winding plot and psychological shocks are a deliciously unsettling experience.
Written by: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet
This film slices right to the brain.
I don’t know a single person who walked out of the screening for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In who wasn’t at least fascinated. Many were thoroughly disturbed. I was delighted. Almodóvar assembled the kind of story I never thought would dare to see the mainstream screen, with a technical mastery that’s as good as any film that has.
My joy over The Skin I Live In has many roots. One is the style of horror film it is. Another is how bizarre and outrageously brave it is, but I’ll touch on that later. For all you eager genre film fans out there, I want to assure you right off the mark that the winding plot and psychological shocks are a deliciously unsettling experience.
- 10/14/2011
- by M C Funk
- Planet Fury
Two films set to take part in the festivities at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have finally found themselves dates for their theatrical premieres.
First up, while it hasn’t been given an exact date, Sony Pictures Classics has announced that their upcoming release of Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, will happen sometime during the month of November. Also, they have released a synopsis for the film, which will star Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa. The film will also see the director re-team with his composer, Alberto Iglesias, cinematographer Jose Alcaine and editor Jose Salcedo.
Read more on Release Dates: The Skin I Live In, Take Shelter...
First up, while it hasn’t been given an exact date, Sony Pictures Classics has announced that their upcoming release of Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, will happen sometime during the month of November. Also, they have released a synopsis for the film, which will star Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa. The film will also see the director re-team with his composer, Alberto Iglesias, cinematographer Jose Alcaine and editor Jose Salcedo.
Read more on Release Dates: The Skin I Live In, Take Shelter...
- 4/29/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
Cannes 2011 begins in less than a month and sadly I will not be able to attend. However that won’t stop me from posting news from the movies to be screened at the event. Pedro Almodóvar‘s The Skin I Live In is up in competition slot and has quickly made it’s way up my list of most anticipated films of 2011. Some new images from the film arrived over at Bleeding Cool and they look spectacular.
The Skin I Live In stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa. Longtime collaborato composer Alberto Iglesias, as well as Almodovar’s usual DoP Jose Luis Alcaine and editor José Salcedo are once again onboard.
The film is a revenge picture loosely based on crime novelist Theirry Jonque‘s 2005 book “Tarantula.” Almodóvar describes...
The Skin I Live In stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa. Longtime collaborato composer Alberto Iglesias, as well as Almodovar’s usual DoP Jose Luis Alcaine and editor José Salcedo are once again onboard.
The film is a revenge picture loosely based on crime novelist Theirry Jonque‘s 2005 book “Tarantula.” Almodóvar describes...
- 4/19/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Skin That I Inhabit, based on Theirry Jonquet’s novel, “Tarantula,” has already secured U.S. distribution via Sony Pictures Classics and has hit the first full teaser poster via The Playlist.
“The Skin I Live In” (previously referred to as “The Skin I Live In”) is an upcoming Spanish film directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas (reuniting after two decades with Almodóvar — Tie Me Up! Tie me Down!) and beautiful Elena Anaya (Van Helsing, Sex and Lucía). Almodóvar describes the film as
a horror story without screams or frights.”
The film concerns a plastic surgeon’s vengeance on the man who raped his daughter. But really, that’s just touching the surface. This is a film that has a hateful leading role who, while seeking justice for his daughter, keeps his wife jailed and subjects her to embarrassing sexual acts with strangers. The story also apparently features...
“The Skin I Live In” (previously referred to as “The Skin I Live In”) is an upcoming Spanish film directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas (reuniting after two decades with Almodóvar — Tie Me Up! Tie me Down!) and beautiful Elena Anaya (Van Helsing, Sex and Lucía). Almodóvar describes the film as
a horror story without screams or frights.”
The film concerns a plastic surgeon’s vengeance on the man who raped his daughter. But really, that’s just touching the surface. This is a film that has a hateful leading role who, while seeking justice for his daughter, keeps his wife jailed and subjects her to embarrassing sexual acts with strangers. The story also apparently features...
- 2/16/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
It was announced earlier this year that Pedro Almodovar’s next film, The Skin I Live In, will see him reunite with his Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! star Antonio Banderas.
An adaptation of Thierry Jonquet’s novel Tarantula, The Skin I Live in will be a ‘horror-terror’ film.
When asked about the film by the Spanish newspaper, El Pais, Almodovar said,
The film will be a terror film, without screams or scares. It’s difficult to define and although it comes close to the terror genre — something that appeals to me that I’ve never done — I won’t respect any of its rules. It’s the harshest film I’ve ever written and Banderas’ character is brutal.
A press release, found on website La Raza [via BleedingCool], reveals the full cast and crew for The Skin I Live In. I’ve embedded this below:
Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya,...
An adaptation of Thierry Jonquet’s novel Tarantula, The Skin I Live in will be a ‘horror-terror’ film.
When asked about the film by the Spanish newspaper, El Pais, Almodovar said,
The film will be a terror film, without screams or scares. It’s difficult to define and although it comes close to the terror genre — something that appeals to me that I’ve never done — I won’t respect any of its rules. It’s the harshest film I’ve ever written and Banderas’ character is brutal.
A press release, found on website La Raza [via BleedingCool], reveals the full cast and crew for The Skin I Live In. I’ve embedded this below:
Starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya,...
- 8/21/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After the excellent, albeit somewhat overlooked Broken Embraces, Pedro Almodovar has now finalized his cast, crew, and shooting schedule for his next project, The Skin I Live In. The two leads will be played by Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya, with a variety of worthwhile supporting performers, including Jose Luis Gomez (Broken Embraces), joining them. In more promising news, Almodovar will be reunited with multiple longtime collaborators off-screen: composer Alberto Iglesias, cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine, and editor Jose Salcedo, all of whom worked on Bad Education. [The Playlist]
Starting next week, the film will begin an 11-week shoot throughout Spain, with a 2011 release date almost written in stone. Almodovar‘s adapted screenplay is based on Thierry Jonquet‘s 2005 book Tarantula. Read a bit of the Amazon plot synopsis below to get an idea of just how controversial this material is:
Richard Lafargue is an eminent plastic surgeon haunted by dirty secrets. He...
Starting next week, the film will begin an 11-week shoot throughout Spain, with a 2011 release date almost written in stone. Almodovar‘s adapted screenplay is based on Thierry Jonquet‘s 2005 book Tarantula. Read a bit of the Amazon plot synopsis below to get an idea of just how controversial this material is:
Richard Lafargue is an eminent plastic surgeon haunted by dirty secrets. He...
- 8/20/2010
- by Danny King
- The Film Stage
Abrazos Ratos (Broken Embraces) Directed by Pedro Almodovar After Live Flesh, All About My Mother and Volver, director Pedro Almodóvar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with Broken Embraces, a film about film-making. Broken Embraces is a film within a film that jumps back and forth between past and present and evokes genres as far apart as noir and melodrama. Sugar coated on top are enough film references waiting to be spotted that is sure to put a smile on Quentin Tarantino's face. Only Almodovar's references are at times too easily recognizable, art imitating art, and in case you didn't catch it the first time, he's sure to have his characters name off each movie title for you. In one of the more interesting subplots, a young filmmaker stalks his stepmother (Penelope Cruz), hoping to expose her affair. His character is a caricature of Carl Boehm's Peeping Tom,...
- 9/25/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Abrazos Ratos (Broken Embraces) Directed by Pedro Almodovar After Live Flesh, All About My Mother and Volver, director Pedro Almodóvar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with Broken Embraces, a film about film-making. Broken Embraces is a film within a film that jumps back and forth between past and present and evokes genres as far apart as noir and melodrama. Sugar coated on top are enough film references waiting to be spotted that is sure to put a smile on Quentin Tarantino's face. Only Almodovar's references are at times too easily recognizable, art imitating art, and in case you didn't catch it the first time, he's sure to have his characters name off each movie title for you. In one of the more interesting subplots, a young filmmaker stalks his stepmother (Penelope Cruz), hoping to expose her affair. His character is a caricature of Carl Boehm's Peeping Tom,...
- 9/17/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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