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Pedro Almodóvar
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor Born: September 25, 1951 in Calzada de Calatrava, La Mancha, Spain Biography:Splashing his colorful films across the dour post-Franco Spanish landscape with the irreverent glee of a prostitute arriving late to church after a long night, "Pedro Almodóvar" has been called the most influential Spanish filmmaker since "Luis Buñuel". Beginning in the 1980s, Almodóvar started serving up provocative, candy-colored visions fraught with postmodernist insight into everything from sex and violence to religion and the dangers of good gazpacho. Sometimes shocking, sometimes controversial, Almodóvar's films have always managed to present a new and intriguing view of his native country, shaping the attitudes of both his compatriots and a larger international audience.
Born September 25, 1951, in Calzada de Calatrava, an impoverished hamlet of La Mancha, Almodóvar was raised in a traditional Spanish household. He studied with Salesian monks, sang in the choir, and generally felt like a... Full Biography
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