We invite you to a screening in the Masters of Cinema series dedicated to the works of Almodóvar 🎥
'The Skin I Live In,' directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain 2013, 90 min.
📆 September 2 | 20:30
The action of this funny and subversive comedy by Almodóvar, which returns in style to his early films, takes place on board a plane flying from Madrid to Mexico. Among the passengers on board is a couple on their honeymoon, an editor from a gossip tabloid, a businessman fleeing from the police, and a seducer trying to break up with one of his lovers. During the flight, a malfunction occurs, and the crew – both the pilots and the cabin staff – face the difficult task of ensuring the comfort of the travelers and finding a way out of this dangerous situation. Under the tension caused by the anticipation of what seems to be an inevitable disaster, the passengers and crew reveal their most hidden and intimate secrets.
The nineteenth film by the director, featuring a star-studded cast, was received with great acclaim, breaking opening records and gathering excellent reviews.
🎬 'Julieta,' directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain 2016, 99 min.
📆 September 15 | 18:00
A gripping story of a mother searching for her daughter, who disappeared without a trace many years ago. A tale of extreme feelings we have towards our loved ones and the secrets we keep from them. The film adaptation of stories by Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro shows that the strength of Almodóvar's cinema is an unwavering belief in the power of feelings and love.
🎬 'The Human Voice,' directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, USA 2020, 30 min.
📆 September 21 | 17:00
'The Human Voice' is the first collaboration between Pedro Almodóvar and Tilda Swinton, and also the first title made in English in the Spanish director's oeuvre.
The protagonist – in love, humiliated, desperate – has her last phone conversation with the man who left her. In an apartment surrounded by packed suitcases of her lover and his orphaned dog, she oscillates between rage and sadness, consumed by a love catastrophe. She reaches for pills, grabs an axe, spills gasoline: she wants to kill herself, she wants to destroy him, she wants to play the role of her life in a drama called separation. She changes costumes and masks, tries on conventions, begs, screams, and whispers: she checks whether this story should end in tragedy or perhaps... a happy ending?
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🎬 'Pain and Glory,' directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain 2019, 113 min.
📆 September 22 | 19:30
'Pain and Glory' is a few days in the life of a distinguished director – his passions, doubts, and secrets. No embellishments, just honesty and truth. An autobiographical masterpiece by Pedro Almodóvar featuring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas (winner of the Best Actor award at this year's Cannes Film Festival). Salvador Mallo, an iconic Spanish film director who shuns the media and fiercely guards his privacy, relives the most important moments of his life. He reflects on his childhood when he and his parents moved to a small town in search of prosperity. He recalls images of his first passion, his first great love, and the pain of separation. He remembers his first encounter with cinema, which became the meaning of his life for years. By returning to the most intense experiences of the past, Salvador finds the strength to confront the present.
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🎬 'Parallel Mothers,' directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain 2019, 113 min.
📆 September 24 | 20:30
The heroines of the film, Janis (Cruz) and Ana (Milena Smit), meet in the maternity ward.
The former is a mature woman, while the latter has just stopped being a teenager. Both are single, both are awaiting independent motherhood. Janis knows she will manage, Ana is full of fears. It seems that their paths will barely cross, yet the bond that connects them will prove as strong as an umbilical cord.
As is often the case with Almodóvar: a coincidence can become destiny, and a chosen family can offer unconditional acceptance and love. 'Parallel Mothers' is not only a tragicomic, intimate tale about the pain and glory of motherhood. It is also a strong voice against family secrets and hiding the truth about the past. And it is the women who create a bridge between the past and the future that turn out to be uncompromising advocates of openness that brings relief and cleansing in Almodóvar's film.
A film by Pedro Almodóvar, featuring Penélope Cruz, who won an award for her role at the Venice Film Festival in 2021.
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