Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) (2019)
94%RT Audience Score: 91%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 2 Oscars
70 wins & 184 nominations total
Pain and Glory finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar drawing on his own life to rewarding effect — and honoring his craft as only a master filmmaker can.
Pain and Glory is a movie that will make you feel all the feels. It’s like a rollercoaster of emotions, but instead of screaming your head off, you’ll be crying your eyes out. Pedro Almodóvar really outdid himself with this one, and Antonio Banderas gives a performance that will leave you speechless. It’s not your typical Almodóvar film, but that’s what makes it so special. So grab some tissues and get ready for a cinematic experience you won’t forget.
Production Company(ies)
Canal+ Ciné+ El Deseo
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Paterna, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for drug use, some graphic nudity and language.
Year of Release
2019
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 53m
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Language(s):Spanish
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Country of origin:Spain
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2019 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 8, 2019
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, written by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Julieta Serrano, Nora Navas, drama, R rating, box office gross $4.6M, reviewed by Kathleen Sachs, Sara Michelle Fetters, Moira MacDonald, Paul Byrnes, David Stratton, Roxana Hadadi, Eddie Harrison, Brian Eggert, Lonita Cook, Ben Turner, Yasmin Omar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Sony Pictures Classics, SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, flat aspect ratio, Spanish language, creative crisis, memorable events, aging director, emotional facades, personal movie, superbly pitched central performance, essential place of cinema, powerful confessional tale, subdued narrative, importance of art, power of creating
Worldwide gross: $37,359,689
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $43,167,422
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,402
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 4,707,462
US/Canada gross: $4,567,338
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $5,277,351
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,791
US/Canada opening weekend: $152,636
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $176,364
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,712
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Asier Etxeandia – Alberto Crespo
Penélope Cruz – Jacinta
Leonardo Sbaraglia – Federico
Julieta Serrano – Madre
Nora Navas – Mercedes
Director(s)
Pedro Almodóvar
Writer(s)
Pedro Almodóvar
Producer(s)
Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García
Film Festivals
Cannes, Telluride, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
70 wins & 184 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (301) | Top Critics (71) | Fresh (290) | Rotten (11)
While still embracing the visual facades that make his films such a pleasure to watch, Pain and Glory finds him stripping away the emotional facades, bringing us closer to him than ever before.
December 24, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
Kathleen Sachs
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
There is jubilation and wonder to be found in these remembrances, moments of pure bliss that are beyond imagining.
November 17, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
Almodóvar shows us that, even after nearly two dozen features over several decades, he can still hold an audience in his hand – and surprise it.
November 6, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
A masterful, melancholy, tender, lacerating self-examination, filled with colour and light and the ghosts of those he has loved. Almodovar at 70, and perhaps astonishing to himself, continues to grow.
November 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
For all those cinemagoers who have been enthralled by Almodovar’s work over the years this very personal movie, with its superbly pitched central performance by Banderas, will be immensely rewarding.
November 5, 2019
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
Antonio Banderas is riveting in Pedro Almodóvar’s pensive, nostalgic, and contemplative Pain and Glory.
November 4, 2019
Roxana Hadadi
Pajiba
TOP CRITIC
…essential for the director’s fans, but perhaps a little dry and self-absorbed for the general public…
July 1, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Eddie Harrison
film-authority.com
Far removed from the restlessly stylistic mode of his earlier work, Pain and Glory shows the filmmaker exercising patience and dimension, resulting in a feature that emphasizes the essential place of cinema in his life.
February 23, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
It is beautifully and richly textured.
September 16, 2021
Lonita Cook
KCTV5 News at 9
If it looks and sounds cinematic, Almódovar shows an uncharacteristic level of restraint in his storytelling. For fans of the director, this will come as a satisfying treat, but is likely to leave newcomers to his cannon somewhat cold.
September 1, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Ben Turner
The Pink Lens
Stripped of Almodóvar’s signature kitsch aesthetic and larger-than-life narratives, the film becomes a powerful confessional tale on the nature of storytelling.
June 25, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Yasmin Omar
Town & Country (UK)
Exteandia’s Alberto steals the spotlight from Banderas’ Salvador. [Full review in Spanish]
May 6, 2021
Gustavo Herrera Taboada
Cinencuentro…
Plot
An aging Spanish film director in the midst of a creative crisis reflects on his past in Pain and Glory.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Antonio Banderas delivers a “riveting” performance in Pain and Glory, according to critic Roxana Hadadi.
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