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Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)
Penélope Cruz (Raimunda), Lola Dueñas (Sole), Carmen Maura (Irene), Blanca Portillo (Agustina). Screenplay by Pedro Almodóvar. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Rating: 15. Running time: 121 minutes. Volver is a special species of film, very different from Talk to Her, All About My Mother, Broken Embraces and any other member of the older Almodóvar’s oeuvre. It still bursts with vibrant colour, in […]
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Tags: all about my mother, almodovar, blanca portillo, broken embraces, carmen maura, de niro, dicaprio, hitchcock, lola duenes, pedro almodovar, penelope cruz, talk to her, volver
Cecilia Roth (Manuela), Marisa Paredes (Huma Rojo), Penélope Cruz (Hermona Rosa), Atonia San Juan (Agrado), Candela Pena (Nina). Screenplay by Pedro Almodóvar. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Rating: 15. Running time: 101 minutes. I don’t understand anything about All About My Mother, except for the fact it is an absolutely incredible, outrageously powerful work of art. […]
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Tags: a streetcar named desire, all about my mother, cecilia roth, marisa paredes, pedro almodovar, penelope cruz, transvestites
Broken Embraces is nothing short of stunning, and I mean to use that word predominantly as it should be: to reference the visual. Almodovar has always had an eye for colour, but never moreso than in his latest effort. Broken Embraces oozes with beauty. Red monopolises every scene as it always has done for Pedro […]
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Tags: audrey, blindness, broken embraces, colour, godard, hitchcock, le mepris, marilyn, pedro almodovar, peeping tom, penelope cruz, women on the verge
