Few filmmakers have created a cinematic world quite like Pedro Almodóvar’s. Wildly colourful, darkly funny and unapologetically emotional, his films move effortlessly between comedy, melodrama, sex, death, desire and family – often all at once. To coincide with the release of his new film Bitter Christmas, we’re looking back at four of his most celebrated films in our latest classics season, All About Almodóvar.
See Almodóvar at his most exuberant in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, his most emotionally devastating in All About My Mother, his provocative and personal with Bad Education, and the richly textured Volver. Four essential films from one of modern cinema’s great auteurs – with All About My Mother presented in a special 35mm screening.
All About My Mother
Saturday 12 September, 3pm (35mm)
Bad Education
Sunday 20 September, 2.30pm
Monday 21 September, 8.30pm
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Sunday 27 September, 3pm
Monday 28 September, 5.45pm
Volver
Sunday 4 October, 2.45pm
Monday 5 October, 5.45pm
Use the film links below for more information and to book tickets.
A grieving mother goes out to find the father of her deceased son, and unexpectedly becomes the heart of a makeshift family. Pedro Almodóvar’s vivid, Oscar-winning meoldrama is a tender exploration of the meaning of motherhood. Presented on 35mm film.
When a filmmaker’s childhood friend returns with a story about abuse at their Catholic school, buried memories resurface. Almodóvar’s provocative blend of noir, melodrama and film-within-a-film explores trauma, identity, guilt and memory.
Penélope Cruz stars as Raimunda, who returns to La Mancha with her daughter after her aunt’s death, only to encounter the ghost of her mother. A funny, moving blend of magical realism and family drama about grief, motherhood and secrets.
Pepa’s frantic search for her vanished lover spirals into a whirlwind of jealous fiancées, hostage-taking terrorists, and absurd chaos. Almodóvar’s breakthrough comedy dazzles with surreal humour, bold melodrama, and a riot of colour, energy, and eccentricity.
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