Written and directed by one of Spain’s most successful filmmakers, Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory follows a film director played by Antonio Banderas. Banderas won Cannes Film Festival 2019 Best Actor for his role and New York Film Critics Circle, Best Actor.

The director reflects on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.

Watch the trailer, and you get a feel for what happens in the movie. The movie is in Spanish with English subtitles. The film also stars Penelope Cruz, who is Almodovar’s muse. His movies launched her career.

The director reflects on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.

The director reflects on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.

The movie clip shows the reason Banderas won Best Actor at the Cannes Festival.

Cruz looks good in this clip. I suspect the scene is a flashback when the brothers are with their mother.