History Creator / PedroAlmodovar

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (born 25 September 1949) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Spanish]] director.

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* ''Matador'' (1986)

Iconic for his mastery of blending {{melodrama}}, comedy, and intelligent social commentary. He got his start in TheSeventies, shortly after the death of Francisco Franco led to a massive opening and blossoming of modern Spanish culture, with film, music, and other arts being given an opportunity to experiment after four decades of repression. There were subcultures flying everywhere--while most had existed even in Franco's time, they were no longer forced to be underground. Almodovar--himself gay, a community that did not have a nice time under Franco's conservative regime--turns to this, and its relationship with what came before, for material.

Iconic for his mastery of blending {{melodrama}}, comedy, and intelligent social commentary. Getting his start in TheSeventies, shortly after the death of Francisco Franco led to a massive opening and blossoming of modern Spanish culture, with film, music, and other arts being given an opportunity to experiment after four decades of repression. There were subcultures flying everywhere--while most had existed even in Franco's time, they were no longer forced to be underground. Almodovar--himself gay, a community that did not have a nice time under Franco's conservative regime--turns to this, and its relationship with what came before, for material.

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (born 25 September 1949) is an iconic [[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Spanish]] director, known for his mastery of blending {{melodrama}}, comedy, and intelligent social commentary. Getting his start in TheSeventies, shortly after the death of Francisco Franco led to a massive opening and blossoming of modern Spanish culture, with film, music, and other arts being given an opportunity to experiment after four decades of repression. There were subcultures flying everywhere--while most had existed even in Franco's time, they were no longer forced to be underground. Almodovar--himself gay, a community that did not have a nice time under Franco's conservative regime--turns to this, and its relationship with what came before, for material.

* ''Pain and Glory'' (2019)

* ''La Flor de Mi Secreto'' (1995)
* ''Carne trémula'' (1997)

* ''Film/{{Volver}}'' (2006)

* ''Film/LaPielQueHabito'' (2011)

Iconic [[UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} Spanish]] director, known for his mastery of blending {{melodrama}}, comedy, and intelligent social commentary. Getting his start in TheSeventies, shortly after the death of Francisco Franco led to a massive opening and blossoming of modern Spanish culture, with film, music, and other arts being given an opportunity to experiment after four decades of repression. There were subcultures flying everywhere--while most had existed even in Franco's time, they were no longer forced to be underground. Almodovar--himself gay, a community that did not have a nice time under Franco's conservative regime--turns to this, and its relationship with what came before, for material.

* ''Film/BadEducation2004'' (2004)

* ''Film/BadEducation'' (2004)

His style has gotten him attention abroad--one of the first postwar Spanish directors to do so. ''Film/WomenOnTheVergeOfANervousBreakdown'', ''TieMeUp!TieMeDown!'' (Spanish: ¡Átame!) - the film that had Hollywood racing to sign up Creator/{{Antonio Banderas}}, ''Film/AllAboutMyMother'', and ''Film/{{Volver}}'' all have great reputations outside of Spain--possibly [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff more than inside it]].

* ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (1988)

* ''All About My Mother'' (1999)

His style has gotten him attention abroad--one of the first postwar Spanish directors to do so. ''WomenOnTheVergeOfANervousBreakdown'', ''TieMeUp!TieMeDown!'' (Spanish: ¡Átame!) - the film that had Hollywood racing to sign up Creator/{{Antonio Banderas}}, ''AllAboutMyMother'', and ''Film/{{Volver}}'' all have great reputations outside of Spain--possibly [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff more than inside it]].

* ''Film/Volver'' (2006)

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His style has gotten him attention abroad--one of the first postwar Spanish directors to do so. ''WomenOnTheVergeOfANervousBreakdown'', ''TieMeUp!TieMeDown!'' (Spanish: ¡Átame!) - the film that had Hollywood racing to sign up {{Antonio Banderas}}, ''AllAboutMyMother'', and ''Film/{{Volver}}'' all have great reputations outside of Spain--possibly [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff more than inside it]].

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His style has gotten him attention abroad--one of the first postwar Spanish directors to do so. ''WomenOnTheVergeOfANervousBreakdown'', ''TieMeUp!TieMeDown!'' (Spanish: ¡Átame!) - the film that had Hollywood racing to sign up {{Antonio Banderas}}, ''AllAboutMyMother'', and ''{{Volver}}'' all have great reputations outside of Spain--possibly [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff more than inside it]].