Pedro Almodóvar
☼ Born on25 janeiro 1949, in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Biography:
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study filmmaking because he didn't have the money to afford it. Besides, the filmmaking schools were closed in early 70s by Franco's government. Instead, he found a job in the Spanish phone company and saved his salary to buy a Super 8 camera. From 1972 to 1978, he devoted himself to make short films with the help of of his friends. The "premieres" of those early films were famous in the rapidly growing world of the Spanish counter-culture. In few years, Almodóvar became a star of "La Movida", the pop cult
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ural movement of late 70s Madrid. His first feature film, Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980), was made in 16 mm and blown-up to 35 mm for public release. In 1987, he and his brother Agustín Almodóvar established their own production company: El Deseo, S. A. The "Almodóvar phenomenon" has reached all over the world, making his films very popular in many countries.
In the role of director
O quarto ao lado (22/10/2024)
Eu tenho uma relação conflituosa com Pedro Almodóvar. Consigo respeitar muito o cineasta, mas acho que ele ultrapassou uma linha em “A pele que habito” que é difícil voltar. Não que o filme seja ruim; muito pelo contrário: é tão bom e tão maluco que conseguiu mudar completamente a minha forma de ver os futuros […]