Directed by:
Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay:
Pedro AlmodóvarCinematography:
José Luis AlcaineComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Penélope Cruz, Raúl Arévalo, Cecilia Roth, Julián López, Susi Sánchez (more)VOD (1)
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Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) is a veteran film director, afflicted by multiple ailments, the worst of which is his inability to continue filming. His physical condition doesn't allow it and, if he can't film again, his life has no meaning. The mixture of medications, along with an occasional flirtation with heroin, means that Salvador spends most of his day prostrate. This drowsy state transports him back to reflect on his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to Paterna, a village in Valencia, in search of prosperity, and the struggles and improvising his Mother made so that the family could survive. The appearance of his first desire and his first adult love in the Madrid of the 80s. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation. (Pathé Distribution UK)
(more)Cast
![Antonio Banderas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/072/165072619_dd9aff.jpg)
Antonio Banderas
Spain
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Shrek 2 (2004)
![Asier Etxeandía](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/983/163983419_2f1775.jpg)
Asier Etxeandía
Spain
Best movies:
Los serrano (2003) (series)
Broken Embraces (2009)
The open door (2016)
![Leonardo Sbaraglia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505269_52da2a.jpg)
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Argentina
Best movies:
Maradona: Blessed Dream (2021) (series)
Wild Tales (2014)
No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas (1995)
![Nora Navas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/384/160384452_ff9f06.jpg)
Nora Navas
Spain
Best movies:
The Distinguished Citizen (2016)
During the Storm (2018)
Sinjar (2022)
![Julieta Serrano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/307/163307871_0fc5fe.jpg)
Julieta Serrano
Spain
Best movies:
Cousin Angelica (1974)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Life Size (1974)
![Penélope Cruz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212031_8666a6.jpg)
Penélope Cruz
Spain
Best movies:
All About My Mother (1999)
Blow (2001)
Live Flesh (1997)
![Raúl Arévalo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/740/166740017_7ffa59.jpg)
Raúl Arévalo
Spain
Best movies:
My Masterpiece (2018)
Marshland (2014)
Dark Blue Almost Black (2006)
![Cecilia Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325411_4751c8.jpg)
Cecilia Roth
Argentina
Best movies:
All About My Mother (1999)
Talk to Her (2002)
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
![Julián López](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/814/162814121_0e96f3.jpg)
Julián López
Spain
Best movies:
Pain & Glory (2019)
Torrente V: Misión Eurovegas (2014)
Off Course (2015)
![Susi Sánchez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/829/160829952_e1ec78.png)
Susi Sánchez
Spain
Best movies:
The Skin I Live In (2011)
The Sleeping Voice (2011)
Stones (2002)
Agustín Almodóvar
Spain
Best movies:
All About My Mother (1999)
Talk to Her (2002)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Rosalía
Spain
Best movies:
Pain & Glory (2019)
![Pedro Casablanc](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/272/166272707_ab35b1.jpg)
Pedro Casablanc
Morocco
Best movies:
Sant'Antonio di Padova (2002) (TV movie)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Paco's Men (2005) (series) - actor, a.f.
Sara Sierra
Best movies:
Pain & Glory (2019)
Esperanza Guardado
Best movies:
La caza (2019) (series)
Pain & Glory (2019)
The Endless Trench (2019)
![Eva Martín](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/821/165821349_df5089.jpg)
Eva Martín
Spain
Best movies:
Costa Del Sol Squad (2019) (series)
La caza (2019) (series)
Pain & Glory (2019)
![Paqui Horcajo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/334/164334797_95ebde.jpg)
Paqui Horcajo
Best movies:
Toc Toc (2017)
La caza (2019) (series)
Pain & Glory (2019)
Asier Flores
Best movies:
Pain & Glory (2019)
Once Upon a Time in Euskadi (2021)
The Beast (2021)
Miguel Rivera
Best movies:
Pain & Glory (2019)
Once Upon a Time in Euskadi (2021)
Mina (a.f.)
Italy
Best movies:
Pain & Glory (2019) - a.f.