Not top-tier Almodovar, but he fashions an unsettling, and at times, outlandish treatment on both psychological and gender identities.
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Skin I Live In, The (2011)
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Pain & Glory (2019)
Possibly Almodovar’s most personal film to date, this is a bittersweet ode to how cinema has changed his life and the burdens and regrets he still carries—through an alter ego as played by a sublime Antonio Banderas.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
The film that launched Almodovar internationally as an auteur is a tragicomic screwball farce whose effortless execution is as impressive as it is sublime.
All About My Mother (1999)
Continue reading →This is one of the highest peaks of Almodovar’s career, an exquisite work about women and grief, yet with his assured touch, it all seems so life-affirming and universal.
Julieta (2016)
A minor mystery-esque work by Almodovar, spellbinding and sensually-crafted at times, but marred by a weak denouement.
Broken Embraces (2009)
A respectable effort by Almodovar that balances melodrama with the mystery-thriller.
Volver (2006)
Almodovar handles with dexterity a range of emotions in this intriguingly-structured drama.
