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Pain & Glory
Dolor y gloria

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Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by Agustín Almodóvar, Ricardo Marco Budé, and Ignacio Salazar-Simpson
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
With: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, César Vicente, Asier Flores, and Penélope Cruz
Cinematography: José Luis Alcaine
Editing: Teresa Font
Music: Alberto Iglesias
Runtime: 113 min
Release Date: 04 October 2019
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Almodóvar's semi-autobiographical story of ageing, physical decline, and remembrance is hardly one of the director's most vibrant or cohesive pictures, but it resonates a lived-in truth that connects and sticks with you.