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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:
Pepi, Luci, Bom: tres mujeres con un pasado turbulento..., in "Alphaville", iss. 13-14, January-February 1982. See more »Publicity Listings:
7 Biographical Movies | 21 Print Biographies | 34 Interviews | 19 Articles | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Official Sites:
Official SiteAlternate Names:
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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[2016 interview] Reality always filters through into my films, even when I try to reject it. It finds a crack to seep in through. The climate of the last four years in Spain has been of enormous unhappiness and even though I haven't personally suffered from the harshness of the economic situation, I'm surrounded by people who have. I don't think Julieta (2016) is a metaphor for Spain today but ... See more »Trivia:
His favourite Spanish films are: Main Street (1956), It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958), The Executioner (1963), La tía Tula (1964), El extraño viaje (1964), Peppermint Frappé (1967), Furtivos (1975), Arrebato (1979), El Sur (1983), Jamón, Jamón (1992), Tesis (1996), Snow White (2012) and Magical Girl (2014). See more »Trademark:
Uses only his last name for his "Film By" credit ("Un film de Almodóvar") See more »Star Sign:
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