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Storyline

Pain and Glory tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. 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, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense, writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable, the early discovery of cinema, and the void, the infinite void that creates the incapacity to keep on making films. Pain and Glory talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Festival de Cannes 2019
Official Competition
Best Performance by an Actor (Antonio Banderas)
Manaki Brothers International Cinematographer's Film Festival 2019
Competition Camera 300
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2019
Made in Spain
Málaga Film Festival 2020
The Best of the Year Section

European Film Awards (EFA) 2019
Nominations:
European Film
European Director (Pedro Almodóvar)
European Actor (Antonio Banderas) - WINNER
European Scriptwriter (Pedro Almodóvar)
European Production Design Award (Antxon Gómez) - WINNER
Forqué Awards 2020
Nominations:
Feature film and/or animation.
Male interpretation (Antonio Banderas) WINNER
Feroz Awards 2020
Nominations:
Best Dramatic Film - WINNER
Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar) - WINNER
Best Actor (Antonio Banderas) - WINNER
Best Supporting Actress (Penélope Cruz, Julieta Serrano) - Julieta Serrano WINNER
Best Supporting Actor (Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia)
Best Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar) - WINNER
Best Original Music (Alberto Iglesias) - WINNER
Best Trailer (Jorge Luengo for the 1st trailer)
Goyas Awards 2020
Nominations:
Best Film - WINNER
Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar) - WINNER
Best Script (Pedro Almodóvar) - WINNER
Best Actress (Penélope Cruz)
Best Actor (Antonio Banderas) - WINNER
Best Original Music (Alberto Iglesias) - WINNER
Best Supporting Actress (Julieta Serrano) - WINNER
Best Supporting Actor (Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia)
Best Production Direction (Toni Novella)
Best Photography Direction (José Luis Alcaine)
Best Editing (Teresa Font) - WINNER
Best Artistic Direction (Antxón Gómez)
Best costume design (Paola Torres)
Best makeup and hairdresser (Ana Lozano, Sergio Pérez Berbel, Montse Ribé)
Best sound (Sergio Bürmann, Pelayo Gutiérrez, Marc Orts)
Gaudí Awards 2020
Nominations:
Best supporting actress (Julieta Serrano)
Best supporting actress (Nora Navas)
Best editing (Teresa Font)
Best visual effects (Montse Ribé, Óscar Abades, Eduardo Díaz i Inma Nadela)
Best sound (Sergio Bürmann i Marc Orts) - WINNER

Releases

Spain (22 of March 2019)