Movies by Pedro Almodovar - dramas with peppercorns

If you like a little intricate story lines, unusual stories and really catchy movies, Pedro Almodovar - most likely your director. This Spanish filmmaker has been showing for four decades to viewers around the world his view of what a real live movie should be. Let's talk about some of the most famous creations of Pedro Almodovar and invite you to view the most famous of his masterpieces.

About the director

It should be noted that Pedro is not only a director. He writes scripts, draws, and also acts in films and produces pictures of not the most famous directors. But Almodovar became famous for his directorial work. Since the mid-eighties, he is considered one of the best directors in the world, and so far no one has been able to deprive him of this title. When the film Pedro Almodovar "High Heels" was released, the public recognized the master as one of the best creators of modern cinema. What is the picture about?

"High heels"

From this picture you can safely begin to get acquainted with the works of Pedro Almodovar. This film came out on wide cranes in 1991. He is still one of the strongest, according to viewers and admirers of the work of Almodovar.

The popular singer returns to her native city, where she was not fifteen. There she meets her own daughter, left once because of her career and love. The daughter grew up and became famous on TV. And so the difficult relationship between mother and daughter is complicated by the fact that both are suspected of committing a murder. What are these movies about? Pedro Almodovar filled the plot with ironic moments, which are successfully intermixed with quite serious and tragic ones. The unfolding events capture and do not let the viewer to the last minute.

Pedro Almodovar's new film

Now the next and expected picture from Pedro Almodovar "Juliet" is being filmed, the output of which is expected in 2016. At the same time, the viewer will see the story in two time intervals. In the first case we are talking about a young girl Juliette, who is in love, happy and expects from life all the best. Together with this Pedro Almodovar will show the same woman in our time, after thirty years. She is unhappy, devastated and undergoing treatment in a psychiatric hospital.

The denouement of the picture will be an explanation of what happened to this girl, and why her life has changed so abruptly.

Pedro Almodovar's most famous films: "The Return"

Each director has his favorite actors, whom he now and then invites into his paintings. On the leading roles in his films Pedro Almodovar often took the beauty of Penelope Cruz. Of course, people have been reflecting for years on whether there was a passionate romance between the director and the Spanish actress. Be that as it may, Pedro Almodóvar's films always made good films, and with Penelope Cruz's participation they were even more successful.

The painting "Return" shows the viewer a difficult life in modern Madrid, a young Spanish woman named Raymund. She lives with an unemployed husband and daughter. A woman is strong in spirit and character, she draws a family on her, working on several jobs. However, not everything is so simple in her life since childhood - she keeps a terrible secret. In the picture there is a drama, and typical cinematographic stamps, ironically defeated by Almodovar, and, of course, an exciting plot.

The film "Return" high viewership score on the site "Film Search" - 7.74 points, and this suggests that the picture is worth a look.

"The skin in which I live"

For the main role in this film, Pedro Almodovar invited the beautiful actress Elena Anaya, although the fans expected to see Penelope Cruz. Elena perfectly mastered the image, like Antonio Banderas, who played the main male role. Surgeon Lydgard was able to create an analog of human skin, and, as he says to colleagues, experiments are conducted exclusively in mice. Meanwhile, in his mansion, a girl named Vera lives in a confinement. What links them, and is not it the main object of his medical and psychological experiments?

Incredibly funny and wild stories

The film "Wild Stories" by Pedro Almodovar, which was released in 2014, was very popular with the audience and earned a high mark on the site "Kinopisk" - 7.69 points. Meanwhile, those who have watched him note that Pedro Almodovar showed himself in the picture on the new side. In fact, he did not direct the picture, but produced the work of Damian Sephron. The film tells the viewer four stories that are not related. Having looked at this work, you will see several pictures, each of which is profound in its meaning.

Painting "Wild Story" carries a huge charge of humor and excellent mood. So, a young man named Gabriel Pasternak is offended by everyone who is not lazy, from the first teacher to the girl who cheated on him with her best friend. And all the abusers are in an incredible way in one plane.

Handsome businessman rushes on a brand new "Audi" in the desert and does not give way to a provincial on a broken off-road vehicle. Drivers begin to compete. Why this senseless battle between two stubborn people?

In a small diner a waitress girl finds out in one of the visitors a man who brought her father to suicide many years ago. Will she use rat poison as a seasoning for fried potatoes to take revenge on him?

What will the wedding end if the bride finds out in one guest the groom's mistress?

This picture, folded as a mosaic of several small films, is definitely worth it to be looked at.