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Mariana Dussan

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2013/03/13 at 12:00am

Pedro Almodóvar’s “I’m So Excited” is doing well in Spain

03.13.2013 | By |

Pedro Almodóvar's "I'm So Excited" is doing well in Spain

We are pretty excited and you should be too!

With recession and all, the acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar saw his best opening weekend in Spain with his latest film, “I’m So Excited.”

It seems that the director’s return to comedy paid off, According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film, distributed by Warner Bros., earned a sum of €1.9 million ($2.6 million) in the director’s home country, averaging €6,320 ($8,200) on its 295 copies – also Almodovar’s highest screen count ever.  Read More

Jack Rico

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2009/11/19 at 12:00am

Broken Embraces (Movie Review)

11.19.2009 | By |

One of Spain’s most talented sons gives cinema a new work titled ‘Broken Embraces’. Pedro Almodóvar reunites with Penélope Cruz to once again give us a visually sensual and beautiful, bold and impressive theater of the mind, but one that regrettably doesn’t break new ground. It is not his best film and thus the reason it wasn’t selected to participate in Spain’s Oscar selections for this upcoming ceremony. It is by no intention a bad film, it simply isn’t overwhelming. Were we asking for too much? Was that the problem? Read More

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