Updated On: 01 February, 2020 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Johnson Thomas
The accent is on honey-smooth seguing right up to the crafty reveal in the final shot. This is truly Almodavar's expression of love to the profession that has given him the best, all through.

A still from Pain and Glory

Pedro Almodavar the 70 year old Spanish Director with an enviable body of work, self-admittedly opines that this, his new film, is a sort of semi-autobiographical take on his life. Pain & Glory, scripted from memory by Almodavar himself, is the story of a Spanish director named Salvador Mallo, played by his longtime collaborator Antonio Banderas. So Banderas is shown sporting a similar haircut and living in a Madrid apartment. But not everything in the film is a follow-through about what Almodavar did in his life and career.