Dir. Pedro Almodavar
2006 | 116 mins | Spain | Spanish
Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas

A mother returns from the dead to confront unfinished business with her daughters, who are embroiled in their own emotional turmoil and entwined dramatics.

Ghosts haunt the colourful streets and vibrantly cluttered homes of Almodóvar’s maternal melodrama, which finds three generations of women greeting hardship and challenge with boundless vitality. In the face of death, illness, sexual abuse and natural disasters, a sisterhood of resilience and determination emerges. With a light directorial touch and the luminous performances that have come to be expected of his regular collaborators, this ranks as one of the filmmaker’s most mature works.

BBFC Rating Details:
Rated 15 – Contains moderate sex references and violence

This screening is part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film, a UK-wide season that celebrates films that champion emotional intensity over ‘good taste’.

Exeter Phoenix presents a selection of films that are united by motherhood; Maternal melodramas.

The season is supported by the BFI through National Lottery funding.

Venue: Studio 74, Exeter Phoenix

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