Spanish film

Review of Spanish film Pain and Glory: Almodovar’s painfully glorious self-portrait

Starring Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz Directed by Pedro Almodovar Rating: *** ½ (three and a half stars) This is the one that is most likely to win the Oscar for Best International Film. And why not! Argentinian maestro Pedro Almodovar’s self-confessional drama has all the ingredients needed to get global recognition. It is a tough austere uncompromising film whose honesty of vision will make you squirm, if not exasperate you with its proclivity to go straight to the heart of the matter in matters of the heart, without shortcuts. Bluntness displaces poetry  | Click Here...