- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
“Dolor y Gloria” narra una serie de reencuentros, algunos físicos y otros recordados después de décadas, de un director de cine en su ocaso. Primeros amores, segundos amores, la madre, la mortalidad, algún actor con el que el director trabajó, los sesenta, los ochenta y la actualidad. Y el vacío, el inconmensurable vacío ante la imposibilidad de seguir rodando. También habla del teatro como elemento que dinamita/dinamiza el pasado y lo arrastra hasta el presente. Habla de la creación, cinematográfica y teatral, y de la imposibilidad de separar la creación de la propia vida.
Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline, experiences a series of reencounters. 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 and the pain of the breakup while this love was still alive and intense; writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable; the early discovery of cinema; and the infinite void that creates the incapacity to keep on making films. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it and, in that need, he also finds his salvation.
(Français) Salvador Mallo, un réalisateur en souffrance, fait une série de retrouvailles. Certaines en chair et en os, d´autres par le souvenir. Son enfance dans les années 60 quand, en quête de prospérité, il émigre avec ses parents à un village de la région de Valence; le premier désir; son premier amour d´adulte dans le Madrid des années 80 et la douleur de la rupture de cet amour encore vif et palpitant; l´écriture comme unique thérapie pour oublier l´inoubliable; la découverte précoce du cinéma; et l´insondable vide face à l´incapacité de continuer à tourner. En retrouvant son passé, Salvador ressent le besoin pressant de le raconter et c´est grâce à ce besoin qu´il trouve son salut.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Antonio Banderas | |
Cast | Penélope Cruz Sánchez | |
Cast | Asier Etxeandia |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Directed by | Pedro Almodóvar | |
Screenplay | Pedro Almodóvar | |
Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine | |
Score | Alberto Iglesias |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
- PUBLIC GRANTS
Grant | Amount |
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Grants - Production of Feature Films - General | 700,000.00 € |
- CREW
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- Film Info
Tag | Information |
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Star-up shooting date | 7/16/2018 |
Ending shooting date | 9/17/2018 |
Locations | Spain - Madrid - Madrid - MADRID (Days: 41) |
Locations | Spain - Madrid - Escorial, El - EL ESCORIAL (Days: 5) |
Locations | Spain - Valencia - Paterna - PATERNA (Days: 2) |
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- Festivals and Awards
Awards | Section | Person / Company |
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Festival De Cannes (2019) | En competición / Competition - Premio a la mejor interpretación masculina | Antonio Banderas |
Participation in Festivals | Section |
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Haugesund. The Norwegian International Film Festival (2019) | Main Programme |
Hong Kong International Film Festival (2019) | Opening film |
Iffi International Film Festival Of India, Goa (2019) | Master Frames |
Jerusalem Film Festival (2019) | International Competition |
New Horizons International Film Festival (2019) | Mbank Gala Screenings |
San Sebastian International Film Festival (2019) | Made in Spain |
Sarajevo Film Festival (2019) | Open Air |
Siff Shanghai International Film Festival (2019) | SIFF Highlights - viva la Festival |
Sydney Film Festival (2019) | Official competition |
The Oscars (Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences) (2020) | Película de habla no inglesa / Foreign Language Film |