Pain and glory is a very personal and genuine film. It is a film is a biography about (the director) Pedro Almodóvar's life. I could feel that the director really cared and put a lot of heart into this project, that's always something I appreciate especially with the current sequel, re-make and Disney dominated state of film, there are just not enough original films being made. The story is partly told through flashbacks showing that what happens in your childhood can really shape how you act for the rest of your life, this is something I feel to many people overlook and is something I think about a lot. This film also explores other things that people discover when growing up and growing old like, drugs, relationships, death to name a few. As well as the story the technical side of this film is also great, the cinematography is great helped by the colourful set design and costumes. Antonio Banderas's performence is phenomenal and so is the direction, I think there was a very clear vision when making this film. However it have been trimmed down as it got a little bit repeatative during the middle of the film. The biggest problem though is that this film does not really work at all if you don't care about Pedro Almodóvar before watching Pain and glory, before you watch this film you should familiarise yourself with the director and his other work.
Overall Pain and glory is a great, unique biography about a director I like a lot, it is one of my favourites of 2019 and I recommend it to everyone who likes Pedro Almodóvar's other films.
Overall Pain and glory is a great, unique biography about a director I like a lot, it is one of my favourites of 2019 and I recommend it to everyone who likes Pedro Almodóvar's other films.