Spain,
2004, 101 min
Directed by:
Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay:
Pedro AlmodóvarCinematography:
José Luis AlcaineComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar, Javier Cámara, Alberto Ferreiro, Pau Poch, Leonor Watling, Petra Martínez (more)VOD (1)
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Celebrated Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar's latest is a classic film noir set in Madrid, 1960 - 1980. Two kids, Ignacio and Enrique, discover love, cinema and fear in a religious school. Father Manolo, the school principal and their literature teacher, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three characters meet twice again, at the end of the 70s and in the 80s. The re-encounter will mark the life and death of some of them. (Mongrel Media)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2005 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best International Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2005 - Best Film not in the English Language
European Film Awards
- 2004 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Film)
- 2004 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2004 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Screenwriter)
- 2004 - José Luis Alcaine (Best Cinematographer)
- 2004 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Composer)
- 2004 - Fele Martínez (People's Choice Award Best Actor)
- 2004 - Pedro Almodóvar (People's Choice Award Best Director)
César Awards
- 2005 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best European Union Film)
Goya Awards
- 2005 - Best Film
- 2005 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2005 - Antxón Gómez (Best Art Direction)
- 2005 - Best Production Supervision
Polish Film Awards
- 2005 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best European Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2004 - Best Foreign Language Film