About this release
I jakten på livets mening dömmer sig regissören Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) tillbaka till barndomen, fattig på pengar men rik på kärlek från hans viljestarka mamma (Penélope Cruz). Den nutida Salvador pysslar om sin åldrade, alltjämt vasstungade mor (Julieta Serrano) och återser en gammal kärlek. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory (2019) stars Antonio Banderas as an aging filmmaker reflecting on his career, relationships and personal struggles while confronting creative paralysis and declining health. Set between present-day Madrid and childhood memories, the film blends autobiographical elements with intimate character drama and artistic reflection. The story explores memory, identity, sexuality and the emotional cost of artistic creation. Från IMDB: A film director reflects on the choices hes made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
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Disc 1
BD
Pain and Glory (2019)
114 min
Drama
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
Credits
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Writer
Pedro Almodóvar
Cast
Antonio Banderasas Salvador Mallo
Asier Etxeandiaas Alberto Crespo
Leonardo Sbaragliaas Federico Delgado
Nora Navasas Mercedes
Julieta Serranoas Old Jacinta
Penélope Cruzas Jacinta
César Vicenteas Eduardo
Asier Floresas Young Salvador
Cecilia Rothas Zulema
Susi Sánchezas Pious Woman from Paterna
Cinematographer
José Luis Alcaine
Composer
Alberto Iglesias
Editor
Teresa Font
Producer
Esther García
Agustín Almodóvar
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 8, 2026