If you like a little intricate storylines, unusual stories, and truly catchy films, Pedro Almodovar is most likely your director. For four decades, this Spanish filmmaker has been showing viewers around the world their perspective on what real live cinema should be like. Let's talk about some of the most famous creations of Pedro Almodovar and call you to view his most famous masterpieces.
About the Director
It should be noted that Pedro is not only a director. He writes scripts, draws, and also acts in films and produces films of not the most famous directors. But Almodovar became famous precisely for his directorial work. Since the mid-eighties, he is considered one of the best directors in the world, and so far no one has been able to deprive him of this title. When Pedro Almodovar's film "High Heels" was released, the public recognized the master as one of the best filmmakers of our time. What is the picture about?
"High heels"
With this picture you can safely begin to get acquainted with the works of Pedro Almodovar. This film was released to wide taps in 1991. He is still one of the strongest, according to viewers and fans of Almodovar's work.
The popular singer returns to her hometown, where she was not fifteen years old. There she meets her own daughter, abandoned once because of her career and love. The daughter grew up and became a famous presenter on television. And so the difficult relationship between mother and daughter is complicated by the fact that both are suspected of committing a murder. What are such films about? Pedro Almodovar filled the plot with ironic moments that successfully alternate with quite serious and tragic ones. Unfolding events captures and does not release the viewer until the last minute.
New movie by Pedro Almodovar
Now they are shooting the next and expected picture from Pedro Almodovar "Juliet", which is expected to be released in 2016. At the same time, the viewer will see the story in two time periods. In the first case, we are talking about a young girl Juliet, who is in love, happy and expects all the best from life. At the same time, Pedro Almodovar will show the same woman in our time, thirty years later. She is unhappy, devastated and undergoing treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
The denouement of the picture will be an explanation of what happened to this girl, and why her life changed so dramatically.
The most famous films of Pedro Almodovar: "The Return"
Each director has his favorite actors, whom he invites to his paintings every now and then. Pedro Almodovar often took the beautiful Penelope Cruz to leading roles in his films. Of course, people have been thinking for several years about whether there was a passionate romance between the director and the Spanish actress. Be that as it may, Pedro Almodovar always made good films, and with Penelope Cruz they were even more successful.
The painting "Return" shows the viewer the difficult life in modern Madrid of a young Spanish woman named Raimunda. She lives with her unemployed husband and daughter. A woman is strong in spirit and character, she pulls out a family for herself, moonlighting in several jobs. However, not everything is so simple in her life since childhood - she keeps a terrible secret. There is drama in the picture, and typical cinematic cliches, ironically beaten by Almodovar, and, of course, an exciting plot.
The film "Return" has a high viewer rating on the Kinopoisk website - 7.74 points, which means that it’s worth seeing the picture.
"The skin that I live in"
For the main role in this film, Pedro Almodovar invited the beautiful actress Elena Anaya, although fans expected to see Penelope Cruz. Elena perfectly got used to the image, as did Antonio Banderas, who played the main male role. Surgeon Lidgard managed to create an analogue of human skin, and, as he tells his colleagues, experiments are carried out exclusively on mice. Meanwhile, a girl named Vera lives locked up in his mansion. What connects them, and is it not the main object of his medical and psychological experiments?
Incredibly funny and wild stories.
The film Pedro Almodovar's "Wild Stories", which was released in 2014, was very popular with viewers and earned a high mark on the Kinopoisk website - 7.69 points. Meanwhile, those who looked at him noted that in the picture Pedro Almodovar showed himself from a new perspective. In fact, he did not direct the picture, but produced the work of Damian Sifron. The film tells the viewer four stories that are not related. Having looked at this work, you’ll seem to see several paintings, each of which is deep in meaning.
The painting "Wild History" carries a huge charge of humor and good mood. So, a young man named Gabriel Pasternak is offended by everyone who is not lazy, starting from the first teacher and ending with the girl who cheated on him with her best friend. And then all the offenders are incredibly in the same plane.
A handsome businessman rushes on a brand new Audi in the desert and does not give way to the provincial on a broken SUV. Drivers begin to compete. What will result in such a meaningless clash between two stubborn?
In a small diner, a waitress girl recognizes in one of the visitors a man who many years ago brought her father to suicide. Will she use rat poison as a seasoning for fried potatoes to take revenge on him?
How will the wedding end if the bride finds in one guest the lover of the groom?
This picture, folded like a mosaic of several small films, is definitely worth watching.