Pedro Almodovar (Masters of Cinema)

By Thomas Sotinel

Book Overview

Pedro Almod var (Spain, b. 1951) single-handedly represents the revival of Spanish cinema as part of the cultural flowering of the Movida Madrile a in the 1980s. New York was first to hail the unbridled imagination of this provocative director, whose films are filled with transsexuals, neurotics (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 1988) and even drug-addicted nuns (The Law of Desire, 1987). In his maturity Almod var has continued to draw inspiration from his underprivileged childhood in a remote corner of La Mancha, making melodramas bursting with heightened passions expressed by unforgettable actors such as Penelope Cruz (All About My Mother, 1999; Broken Embraces, 2009) and Gael Garc a Bernal (Bad Education, 2004).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2866425677
• ISBN13: 9782866425678
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.4" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary