Pedro Almodovar is one of the most popular foreign filmmakers. Consider the top 10 films of the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar.
10. All About My Mother (1999)
This film was dedicated to the mother of Pedro Almodovar. It tells about a single mother who has to face a very big grief: her only son dies in a car accident. The suffering woman moves to Barcelona, where she lived when she was still very young. In this city, she meets a man who was the father of her son and did not even know about it. A woman fundamentally revises her life and donates the organs of her dead son for transplantation.
9. Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown (1988)
This film is instructive, easy and ironic. He made the director famous throughout the world. Each actor matches his role very well, all the scenes are thought out with the utmost care. The main character is Pepa: a woman who parted with her lover Ivan. In addition, this woman had problems with a lawyer, and her friend managed to contact the terrorists. The main character has to face a lot of trouble - and at the same time try to avoid a nervous breakdown.
8. The Flower of My Secret (1995)
The main character of this film is a writer who creates popular books for women. Leo Masias is very successful, but in her personal life she has continuous problems. The writer’s husband is cheating on her with her close friend, Leo’s relationship with her mother is also very difficult. The depth of pain in this film is depicted very faithfully, and this is its main charm. The characters here are understandable, close and real: they are not much different from the audience themselves. The film is deeply emotional and very soulful.
7. The skin that I live in (2011)
This movie is a sci-fi. A talented doctor specializing in plastic surgery has a wife dying in a car accident. After that, he locks the girl up and exposes her to his sinister experiments. He managed to create a new human skin, which is resistant to external influences. Perhaps this film cannot be compared with other creations of Pedro Almodovar: it is more complex and combines scary secrets, love experiences, time shifts and elements of mysticism.
6. Return (2006)
This film embodies fun and reigning matriarchy. The main ideas are the return of the dead to the living, unresolved problems, as well as a return to the roots, during childhood. The plot focuses on the sisters of Soledad and Raimund. One works as a hairdresser and interacts with the ghost of her mother, and the other is busy opening a restaurant and thinking about where to hide her dead husband. Women in this film are very strong, they have a difficult fate.
5. The Law of Desire (1987)
Screenwriter and director Pablo shares success with his lover and sister. However, it turns out that he falls in love with his fan, and this leads to the murder of the previous lover. The plot focuses on the interaction of three men, a love triangle. Sister Pablo is a transsexual who has certain ideas about what a woman should be. This film is full of fire, warmth and romance. The main idea is this: love remains unchallenged even in those cases when it pushes for crimes and drives you crazy.
4. Talk to her (2002)
Almodovar does not lose his sense of proportion, creating dramatic, touching stories based on the most pressing topics. This film tells about women who are on the verge of life and death, and about men caring for them. The cynical journalist Marco does not believe that talking to someone in a coma can help. A nurse Benigno, by contrast, seeks to improve his ward through conversation. As a result, she comes to life, and the ward of a journalist never leaves the coma. However, ordinary conversations were still not enough.
3. The Labyrinth of Passions (1982)
Sexilia is a pop star who loves to take part in orgies: she suffers from a disease such as nymphomania. Risa is a homosexual who conquers all men. He is a special royal blood and hides from his pursuers. The paths of these people intersect, and as a result, their fate changes dramatically. Risa no longer wants to be gay, and Sexilia seeks to stop being a nymphomaniac. This sex comedy is considered one of the director’s best films: it is distinguished by a strange sensuality and underground tone.
2. Bad Education (2004)
This film is about corruption, vices, betrayal. He is quite heavy. In the center of the story is the successful director Enrique, who meets with Ignacio, a friend from the school. A school friend offers the director an interesting story about sexual violence. A spark of attraction slips between Ignacio and Enrique, but the latter falls into a stupor when he finds out who his friend really is. This film of Almodovar can be called one of the most personal: it is very clearly visible that Enrique personifies him.
1. Tie me up! (1990)
In this film there are no "soap" scenes and a commonplace plot. It can be called sparkling, shocking, exceptional. It demonstrates sincere love, which at the same time is very peculiar. Former patient of the psychiatric clinic Ricky kidnaps pornstar Marina and seeks her love. As a result of his efforts, they bear fruit. He buys all the best for his captive: for the mouth - a very soft patch, for the hands - the highest quality rope. Such care is very touching to Marina, and her heart opens towards love.