Spanish film director and screenwriter known for bold melodramas and explorations of gender, desire and family across a career from the late 1970s to the present.

Born 1949 in Spain. Frequently works with recurring actors and explores themes of melodrama, transgression, gender and sexuality. Noted international successes include All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Volver and others; his work has been subject to censorship debates in earlier years.

DeBaser reviews highlight Almodóvar's persistent interest in melodrama, family and queer desire, mixing admiration for his emotional intensity with criticism of uneven execution. Early works and censorship receive historical notes; later films are noted for renewed formal choices. Performances (e.g., Gael García Bernal, Antonio Banderas) and bold themes are frequently praised.

For:cinephiles, students of film, fans of melodrama and queer cinema

 Almodóvar, you either like him or you don't, a genius or a fool;

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 A separate discussion should be held about the cast, which dominates the scene throughout the film; in particular, a great job was done by Gael Garcia Bernal, here divided among three truly complex roles

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 Spectacular also for the absolute lack of prejudice towards anything and for how, from a sad and degenerate context, it manages to draw a story rich in humor and pathos until the end.

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 "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" seems like a poorly executed theater piece transposed into an absurd cinematic version.

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