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In Theaters: October 4, 2019 (limited)

          October 4, 2019 (limited)

On DVD/Blu-ray: January 21, 2020 On Digital: January 14, 2020

R | 1h 53m | Drama

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Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) is a famous movie director who has decided to retire, mainly because he has to endure chronic physical pain, partly related to his recent surgery. He also suffers from anxiety and depression, and is still grieving the death of his mother four years earlier. Salvador tries smoking heroin as a way of coping with his pain. At the same time, Salvador looks back at his life and work as he watches an old film and remembers the star, Alberto Crespo (Asier Etxeandia), with whom he fought at the time and hasn’t spoken with since. While under the influence of drugs, Salvador reminiscences, especially of his mother (Penélope Cruz), when she was young and also when she (Julieta Serrano) was older, during her final days.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

Producer(s): Pedro Almodóvar

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Julieta Serrano, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Cecilia Roth, Susi Sánchez, Raúl Arévalo, Nora Navas

Writer(s): Antonio Banderas

32 votes and 6 Reviews

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Rotten Tomatoes® Score 96%

91%

In Theaters: October 4, 2019 (limited)

          October 4, 2019 (limited)

On DVD/Blu-ray: January 21, 2020 On Digital: January 14, 2020

R | 1h 53m | Drama

  Watch Trailer

Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) is a famous movie director who has decided to retire, mainly because he has to endure chronic physical pain, partly related to his recent surgery. He also suffers from anxiety and depression, and is still grieving the death of his mother four years earlier. Salvador tries smoking heroin as a way of coping with his pain. At the same time, Salvador looks back at his life and work as he watches an old film and remembers the star, Alberto Crespo (Asier Etxeandia), with whom he fought at the time and hasn’t spoken with since. While under the influence of drugs, Salvador reminiscences, especially of his mother (Penélope Cruz), when she was young and also when she (Julieta Serrano) was older, during her final days.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score 96%

91%

In Theaters: October 4, 2019 (limited)

          October 4, 2019 (limited)

On DVD/Blu-ray: January 21, 2020

On Digital: January 14, 2020

R | 1h 53m | Drama

Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) is a famous movie director who has decided to retire, mainly because he has to endure chronic physical pain, partly related to his recent surgery. He also suffers from anxiety and depression, and is still grieving the death of his mother four years earlier. Salvador tries smoking heroin as a way of coping with his pain.

At the same time, Salvador looks back at his life and work as he watches an old film and remembers the star, Alberto Crespo (Asier Etxeandia), with whom he fought at the time and hasn’t spoken with since. While under the influence of drugs, Salvador reminiscences, especially of his mother (Penélope Cruz), when she was young and also when she (Julieta Serrano) was older, during her final days.