Pedro Almodóvar Movies, Books and DVDs

DVD

Hable con Ella
A deliciously morbid story about an obsessed man and his unfortunate fate. Incredibly dark and romantic. Once again Almodóvar shows us the soft side of a creepy subject matter making us believe that is quite normal, making us fall in love with his characters. It's love as you'd never seen it before, ...more
US Release: 2003-05-13
UK Release: -
Bad Education
Filmmaker Enrique (Fele Marténez) gets a visit from an aspiring actor claiming to be his old school friend Ignacio (Gael Garcia Bernal), who has written a story about their traumatic childhood spent at Catholic school. In the story, a drag performer known as Zahara (also played by Bernal) attempts to ...more
US Release: 2005-04-12
UK Release: 2004-12-27
Volver
Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her husband Paco, who is always drunk. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. The two sisters lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha, their birth village, years ago. Their aunt, Paula, still ...more
US Release: 2007-04-03
UK Release: 2007-02-17

Movies

La Mala Educación
Pedro Almodóvar returns with another black movie. This time he comes with one of his favorite topics, a dramatic story with really complex characters and horrible situations. This time he writes and directs a film about two friends going through the 60's catholic (mis)education in Spain. Surprises will show up three ...more
US Release: 2004-03-18
UK Release: -
Volver
VOLVER is a meeting of “Mildred Pierce” and “Arsenic and Old Lace”, combined with the surrealistic naturalism of my fourth film, “¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!!” (“What have I done to Deserve This?”), that is, Madrid and its lively working-class neighbourhoods, where the immigrants from the various Spanish ...more
US Release: 2006-11-03
UK Release: 2006-08-25
Viva Pedro
Sony Pictures Classics presents VIVA PEDRO, the theatrical re-release of eight of celebrated auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s greatest films. VIVA PEDRO will open in New York and Los Angeles in August and expand throughout the United States this Fall. The theatrical re-release will introduce new audiences to Almodóvar and at the ...more
US Release: 2006-08-11
UK Release: TBA
Broken Embraces
A surgeon takes revenge on the man who raped his daughter. ...more
US Release: 2009-11-20
UK Release: 2009-08-28
The Skin I Live In
Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition ...more
US Release: 2011-10-14
UK Release: 2011-08-26

Theatre

All About My Mother
Following the tragic death of her beloved son, Manuela goes to Barcelona in search of his father. But before she can exorcise her guilt she gets caught up in the lives of three women: Agrado, a long-lost transvestite friend, Rosa, a young nun in search of love and Huma Rojo, ...more
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