Though maternal figures abound in All About My Mother, it is not about his mother but rather about his father that young Esteban hungers for even the smallest tidbit of information. In some ways, the pairing of All About My Mother with Pain and Glory is an obvious one as much of the plot of Pain and Glory revolves around the protagonist’s sharing with the audience recollections that are literally all about his mother. I contend that Pain and Glory can also be seen as a companion piece to the 1999 Oscar Winner All About My Mother. (Dargis “Almdodóvar’s Dazzling Art”) While the filmmaker’s statement that the work is a reflection of his own life is an illuminating admission, I hope to analyze Pain and Glory through a very different lens. As it is an intensely self-referential film, many critics and even Almodóvar himself describe Pain and Glory as the final film in an autobiographical trilogy along with Law of Desire and Bad Education.
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Garnering universal praise and numerous awards in various categories, the movie also allowed Antonio Banderas to earn his first ever Oscar nomination in his 40-year career. Pedro Almodóvar’s 2019 Pain and Glory is his most highly acclaimed work in over a decade and only the third Almodóvar film to be Spain’s official submission to the Academy Awards in the last 20 years. Zulema(Cecilia Roth) to Salvador (Antonio Banderas) in Pain and Glory. It is your eyes that changed honey, the movie is the same. Son tus ojos los que han cambiado cariño, la película es la misma.
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× Current About Archive Submit Editorial Board Salisbury University Creating and Controlling the Mythologies of Our Bodies: Life Lessons from All About My Mother, Pain and Glory, and the Age of COVID-19 Viki Zavales Eggert (Goucher College)