Dolor y Gloria (Pain and Glory) 2019 MA15+

Production still from Pain and Glory 2019 / Director: Pedro Almodóvar / Image courtesy: Universal Pictures Australia

Production still from Pain and Glory 2019 / Director: Pedro Almodóvar / Image courtesy: Universal Pictures Australia / View full image

When

8.30 pm, Fri 26 Sep 2025 (113 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A

Accessibility

  • Subtitled

About

Acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar offers an emotionally resonant and deeply personal reflection on filmmaking, love and family.

Antonio Banderas, in a performance that earned him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, plays Salvador Mallo, a director stuck in a creative rut. The film follows Mallo as he reflects on the key moments of his life — childhood, past loves and artistic glories — that weave back into the present of his existential predicament. Nominated for the Palme d’Or, and with Alberto Iglesias winning the Cannes Soundtrack Award, Pain and Glory presents Almodóvar in a subtly reflective mode that emphasises his meticulous and artful cinematic style.

MA15+ | Strong drug use and brief nudity

Production Credits

  • Director: Pedro Almodóvar
  • Script: Pedro Almodóvar
  • Cinematographer: José Luis Alcaine
  • Editor: Teresa Font
  • Cast: Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia
  • Print Source: Universal Pictures Australia
  • Rights: Universal Pictures Australia
  • Year: 2019
  • Runtime: 113 minutes
  • Countries: Spain, France
  • Language: Spanish
  • Subtitles: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: DCP
  • Screening Format: DCP