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Pedro Almodóvar (born September 24, 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker.1 Biography
He was born in Calzada de Calatrava , Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha and grew up in Extremadura. At the age of sixteen he moved to Madrid, he worked in a number of jobs before settling down for twelve years at Telefónica. His first commercial film was shown in 1980 although he had been making short Super 8 or 16 mm films since 1972, Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón had been shot over eighteen months. He writes and directs most of his film and has also acted and produced.
Almodovar is best known for his use of melodrama, improbable circumstances and high camp in his movies. However a theme that recurs in his work is the connections and/or the desire to connect with others. His characters, in all their many forms, are attempting to 'come home', find safety, fulfillment and love with those around them to dispel an almost universal loneliness. Through his use of intellectually and socially marginal characters, Almodovar is able to take the search for fulfillment to extremes that mainstream society seldom tolerates. The extreme actions undertaken by his characters, like the kidnap and seduction of a woman by a recently released mental patient (played by Antonio BanderasAntonio Banderas (born August 10, 1960), born Jose Antonio Dominguez Bandera is a Spanish actor born in Malaga. As a young man, he went penniless to Madrid to make a career in the Spanish film industry. He first gained wide attention through a series of f) in Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (¡Atame! was a 1990 film by Pedro Almodovar, an offbeat Spanish drama starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The film follows Ricky (Antonio Banderas), a young man recently released from a mental institution, who has been obs drives home the point that the urge to be with someone is strong enough to merit drastic action.
2 Awards
- Best Director and the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film FestivalThe Cannes Film Festival is the world's most prestigious film festival, first held from September 20 to October 5, 1946 in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France. Since then, it has been held annually in May with a few exceptions. Given massive in 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep for All About My MotherAll About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre is a 1999 film written and directed by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar about a nurse named Manuela who works in Madrid and lives with her teenage son Esteban, who never knew his father, and wants to be a writer.
- Academy AwardBob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (often better known as Oscars) are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a p for Best Original Screenplay in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U for Talk to Her
- BAFTA Film Award , Golden Kinnaree at the Bangkok Film Festival and Silver Condor by the Argentinean Film Critics Association for Best Foreign Film for Talk to Her in 2003
- BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Film for All About My MotherAll About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre is a 1999 film written and directed by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar about a nurse named Manuela who works in Madrid and lives with her teenage son Esteban, who never knew his father, and wants to be a writer.
