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Pedro Almodóvar
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Pedro Almodóvar
Volver Return
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7 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in Spanish and held by 1,756 libraries worldwide The central focus in Volver is a family of women: mother and grandmother Irene, her daughters Raimunda and Sole, and Raimunda's 14-year-old daughter Paula. Irene is dead: She died with the girls' father in a fire many years ago in their birth village in La Mancha. Raimunda lives in Madrid with Paula and her shiftless husband, who is malevolent, irrelevant, or absent. Separated Sole runs an unlicensed beauty parlor in her apartment. Their old aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and speaks about her sister Irene as if she were still alive. When the aunt dies, some things change, many things return, and Raimunda's troubles become extremely complicated. She bustles through them with passionate determination, a hard-working woman pulled in fifty directions, making a life for her family, reveling in every emotion but self-pity.
Hable con ella
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in Spanish and held by 1,212 libraries worldwide In a private clinic Barco and Benigno strike up a friendship while caring for comatose women.
Todo sobre mi madre
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6 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in Spanish and held by 1,139 libraries worldwide Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles.
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios
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40 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 834 libraries worldwide Comedy film about a woman who has been jilted by the love of her life, her friend who discovers her lover is a Shiite terrorist, and her ex-lover's crazed wife.
La mala educación Bad education
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17 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 646 libraries worldwide Filmmaker Enrique gets a visit from an aspiring actor claiming to be his old school friend Igancio, who has written a story about their traumatic childhood spent at Catholic school. In the story, a drag performer attempts to blackmail a predatory priest by exposing their scandalous past. When Enrique produces a film based on the story, the villainous priest from their school days arrives to tell his own version of the events.
La flor de mi secreto The flower of my secret
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55 editions published between 1995 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 642 libraries worldwide "Leo writes romance novels - but with a loveless marriage, she finds herself fresh out of inspiration. Angel is a tough and gruff journalist with an iron will and a heart of gold. When their paths cross, they discover something neither had expected - a real-life love affair"--Container.
Carne trémula Live flesh
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32 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 637 libraries worldwide The lives of five people are intertwined by romance, friendship and rivalry. Victor has fallen for a woman, Elena. Elena wants nothing to do with Victor and she calls the cops when he shows up at her apartment. The two cops that show up are David and Sancho. Sancho is a chronic, abusive drunk and believes his wife, Clara may be having an affair with his partner, David.
Almodóvar on Almodóvar
by Pedro Almodóvar
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41 editions published between 1994 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 617 libraries worldwide De Pepi, Luci, Bom et autres filles du quartier tourné en 1980 à Tout sur ma mère (1999), en passant par Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs, Kika et Talons aiguilles, le cinéaste espagnol a imposé son style personnel et un univers fort et repérable qu'il contrôle entièrement, de l'écriture du scénario au choix des lettres et du graphisme du générique.
All about my mother
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51 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 609 libraries worldwide Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles.
The secret life of words
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3 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 599 libraries worldwide Hannah, a recluse who wears a hearing aid, is forced by her employer to take a vacation. On holiday she finds a job on an oil rig caring for Josef, a burn victim who has temporarily lost his sight. Hannah's job is to care for Josef until he is stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence.
Matador
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53 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 581 libraries worldwide Diego is a matador unable to practice his craft after being badly gored. Maria is a successful Madrid lawyer. Diego teaches bullfighting to Angel, who wants to bullfight so he can die an exciting death and escape his strict, guilt-inducing Catholic mother. Angel has confessed to a string of recent murders--which he assumes he must be responsible for--having seen them happen in a series of hallucinatory visions, and Maria is defending him. Thanks to Angel, Diego and Maria finally meet. They might have gone through life forever unfulfilled were it not for him -- now they have each found someone with whom to share the ultimate pleasure. All that remains for them is the execution of their Liebestod.
Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto
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24 editions published between 1984 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 569 libraries worldwide An absurd black comedy that centers on Gloria, a very resourceful working class housewife and cleaning woman, who is hooked on amphetamines and must contend with her crazy family.
El Espinazo del Diablo
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1 edition published in 2004 in Spanish and held by 564 libraries worldwide "Twelve-year-old Carlos is the latest arrival to Santa Lucia School, an imposing stone building that shelters the orphans of the Republican militia and politicians during the last days of the Spanish Civil War. Carlos gradually uncovers the dark ties that bind the inhabitants of the school: hidden riches, sexual intrigue and the restless ghost of a murdered student"--Container.
Atame! Tie me up, tie me down
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20 editions published between 1989 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 468 libraries worldwide Comedy about an orphaned mental patient who is determined to create an ideal family for himself, so, in an irrationally inspired bid for love, he kidnaps a recovering drug addict/porn star.
La mujer sin cabeza The headless woman
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3 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Spanish and held by 448 libraries worldwide "A bourgeois woman is driving alone on a dirt road when she becomes distracted and runs over something. In the days following this jarring incident, she becomes dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life. She becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone. The police confirm that there were no accidents reported in the area and everything returns to normal. That is, until a gruesome discovery is made"--Container.
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
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5 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in English and Spanish and held by 385 libraries worldwide Madcap comedy about a woman who has been jilted by the love of her life, her friend who is in love with a terrorist, and her ex-lover's crazed wife.
Patty Diphusa and other writings
by Pedro Almodóvar
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44 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 376 libraries worldwide Filmmaker Pedro Almodovar has been called the "Spanish Andy Warhol" for his influence on Spanish popular culture, and has gained international notoriety for such films as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Law of Desire and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Now, for the first time in English, Patty Diphusa and Other Writings brings together the collected works of Pedro Almodovar. Here we see the many sides of Almodovar: in the serial adventure of his alter-ego, Patty.
La mala educación Bad education
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2 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in Spanish and held by 376 libraries worldwide Two lifelong friends revisit some painful memories from their Catholic school days, with unexpected consequences.
La ley del deseo Law of desire
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3 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in Spanish and held by 356 libraries worldwide Cocaine-snorting homosexual hedonist writer-director Pablo Quintero is bereft--because his boyfriend Juan has just moved out. Pablo meets Antonio at a party, and they share a few passionate nights, but Antonio soon proves far too clingy for Pablo's taste. All hell breaks loose when Antonio comes across a sad, yearning love note from Juan, which ignites in Antonio a bonfire of jealous possessiveness. Pablo's transsexual sister Tina and her daughter Ada get involved in the mess as well. None of their lives will ever be the same because of this tragic unrequited love triangle.
Kika
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70 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 331 libraries worldwide A dizzy dame hairdresser, Kika, gets involved with a host of unusual characters: a homicidal expatriate Yank writer, Nicholas, and his bewildered stepson, Ramon, an uncommunicative underwear photographer; a vampish, oddball femme tv reporter, Andrea, who's constantly on the lookout for "reality" scoops and who wears a rubber suit with a revolving video camera mounted on her head; a lesbian maid, Juana, and her mentally-deficient convicted rapist brother, Pablo, who escaped while on parole from prison to attend a religious festival in his home town. more
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Almodóvar, Pedro Biographical films Burns and scalds--Patients Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Coma--Patients Comedy films Comedy films Convalescence Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dark comedy films Documentary films Drama Families Feature films Feature films Fiction films Foreign films Grief Helping behavior History Homosexuality and education Interviews Male friendship Male homosexuality Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Melodrama Mothers and daughters Mothers and sons Motion picture industry Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Motion pictures, Spanish Motion pictures--Production and direction Nonfiction films Oil well drilling rigs People with disabilities Police Romantic comedy films Single mothers Sisters Spain Spain--Madrid Thrillers (Motion pictures) Traffic accidents Transvestites Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Women Women--Mental health Young men
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Alternative Names
Almodóvar.
Almodóvar Caballero, D. Pedro
Almodóvar Caballero, Pedro.
Almodóvar Caballero, Pedro 1949-
Almodovar, Pedro 1949-
Blanco, Mateo 1949-
Caballero, Pedro Almodóvar.
Pedro Almodóvar lived1949
Pseud. Patatia, Pepe 1949-
Pseud. Patatin, Pepe 1949- אלמודובר, פדרוLanguages
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