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Bold and Bawdy: The Films of Almodovar

Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute

November 30-December 21, 2010

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Since his career began in 1980, Pedro Almodovar has become Spain's preeminent director and one of the most distinctive and popular filmmakers in the world. His trademark blend of highly passionate melodrama, licentious comedy, vivid color schemes, and strong female characters was developed in a series of films Almodovar made over the course of the 1980s. This cycle reached its zenith in 1988 with Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (shown on 35mm), a film that brought the writer/director international acclaim, including awards at the Toronto and Venice film festivals and an Oscar nomination. Throughout his work, Almodovar has created career-defining roles for a number of talented actors with whom he has made multiple pictures, including Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Victoria Abril. This course will examine the career of this prolific director, who is both playful and profound, and will include discussions of such films as Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, High Heels, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Volver and Broken Embraces. This four-week class is taught by Maurizio Giammarco, Ph.D., of Temple University's Intellectual Heritage Program.