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Pedro Almodóvar
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study filmmaking because he didn't have the money to afford ...
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Other Works:
Toda tuya, in "El Víbora", summer 1982. See more »Publicity Listings:
7 Biographical Movies | 21 Print Biographies | 34 Interviews | 19 Articles | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Official Sites:
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Pedro Almodovar | Almodovar-McNamara | Mateo Blanco | Harry 'Huracán' Caine | Almodóvar & McNamara | Almodóvar y McNamara | Pepe Patatia | PedroHeight:
5' 9¾" (1.77 m)
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My school and the cinema were only a few buildings apart on the same street. The bad education I received at school was rectified when I went to the cinema. My religion became the cinema. Of course one could create one's own belief system, and anything that helps or supports you in life can be seen as covering the function of religion. In that sense you could consider cinema my religion, because ... See more »Trivia:
Often films rehearsals of his movies and includes them in the movie if he likes the scene better that the one shot during proper production. Especially in comedies, when the actors would improvise things, if something would happen unexpectedly, they would incorporate it into the scene. See more »Trademark:
His films often portrays strong female characters and transsexuals See more »Star Sign:
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