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The accent is on honey-smooth seguing right up to the crafty reveal in the final shot. This is truly Almodavar's expression of love to the profession that has given him the best, all through.
A still from Pain and Glory
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The narrative draws parallel's between the past and the present. One track has nine-year-old Salvador (Asier Flores), growing up in rural Spain, being persuaded into priesthood by a mother (Penélope Cruz as the younger and Julieta Serrano as the older version) while the other track, (present-day) finds Salvador melancholic and in a nostalgic mood as he reaches out to his lead actor from a rerun of a film playing in the cinemas, Alberto (Asier Etxeandia), with whom he long ago had a falling out. It's complex portrait of a gifted (also fickle) artist whose glory days appear to be well behind him. Don't know whether this is how Almodavar looks on his own career at this point but the manner in which 'Pain & Glory' frames out, we see plenty of signs that this gifted director is not done yet. Nuggets of memory stream through as past and present get mired and perceptions of those events change with the passage of time. As the narrative progresses forward, Salvador reveals other aspects of himself and even though surrounded by the people who care about him the narcissistic, unemotional, self-centred artist rarely displays affection. Only briefly do we see his emotions - when in a relationship which gets truncated because of his partner's addiction.
This film, an introspective reflection of personal and professional choices, is touchingly told. Using dramatically illuminated visuals to record the director's memories throughout the many flashbacks, Almodavar builds up a positive emotional counter to balance out the sadness. The accent is on honey smooth seguing right up to the crafty reveal in the final shot. This is truly Almodavar's expression of love to the profession that has given him the best, all through.
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