Pedro Almodovar

by Thomas Sotinel

Book Overview

Pedro Almodóvar (Spain, b. 1951) single-handedly represents the revival of Spanish cinema as part of the cultural flowering of the Movida Madrileña in the 1980s. New York was first to hail the unbridled imagination of this provocative director, whose films are filled with transsexuals, neurotics ( Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown , 1988) and even drug-addicted nuns ( The Law of Desire , 1987). In his maturity Almodóvar has continued to draw...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2866425677
• ISBN13: 9782866425678
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.6" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary