Pain and Glory: Great for Spain and Story…
The newest Pedro Almodóvar movie, Pain and Glory, focuses on an aging and debilitated filmmaker, Salvador Mallo (played by Antonio Banderas) reflecting on his life in his old age.
Dearest Daughter
Veronika grew up without a father: twenty years ago, he abandoned her mother, a provincial girl who was seven months pregnant. During premature labor, her mother died. Veronika was raised by her aunt, who, once her niece was grown, revealed the truth: her father’s name is Fyodor Slavyanov, a scientist and head of a large research institute, now living in Moscow. Determined to find him and avenge her mother’s death, Veronika sets out for the capital. She takes a job as a maid in her father’s house and, suppressing her own nature, begins a “guerrilla campaign,” carefully nurturing her hatred for the “scoundrel.” In the absence of fatherly love, she tries at least to provoke a response of hatred. But then, into the family home arrives Fyodor’s son with his wife Marina — Vladimir…
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Veronika grew up without a father: twenty years ago, he abandoned her mother, a provincial girl who was seven months pregnant. During premature labor, her mother died. Veronika was raised by her aunt, who, once her niece was grown, revealed the truth: her father’s name is Fyodor Slavyanov, a scientist and head of a large research institute, now living in Moscow. Determined to find him and avenge her mother’s death, Veronika sets out for the capital. She takes a job as a maid in her father’s house and, suppressing her own nature, begins a “guerrilla campaign,” carefully nurturing her hatred for the “scoundrel.” In the absence of fatherly love, she tries at least to provoke a response of hatred. But then, into the family home arrives Fyodor’s son with his wife Marina — Vladimir…
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