Spain,
2002, 112 min
Directed by:
Pedro AlmodóvarScreenplay:
Pedro AlmodóvarCinematography:
Javier AguirresarobeComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores, Geraldine Chaplin, Fele Martínez, Paz Vega, Elena Anaya, Lola Dueñas, Ana Fernández (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
After a chance encounter at a theatre, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco’s girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been injured and is gravely ill. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in the clinic, Alicia, a young ballet student. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, urging them towards an unexpected destiny. (Independent Cinema Office)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2003 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2003 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Achievement in Directing)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2003 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2003 - Best Film not in the English Language
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2002 - Best Foreign Independent - Foreign Language
European Film Awards
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Film)
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Screenwriter)
- 2002 - Javier Cámara (People's Choice Award Best Actor)
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (People's Choice Award Best Director)
- 2002 - Javier Cámara (Best Actor)
- 2002 - Javier Aguirresarobe (Best Cinematographer)
César Awards
- 2003 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best European Union Film)
Goya Awards
- 2003 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Original Score)
- 2003 - Best Special Effects
- 2003 - Best Film
- 2003 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2003 - Javier Cámara (Best Actor)
- 2003 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Original Screenplay)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2003 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Non-American Film)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign Film)
Golden Globes
- 2003 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Critics Choice Awards
- 2003 - Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Foreign-Language Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2002 - Best Film
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Best Director)
- 2002 - Best Foreign Language Film
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
- 2002 - Pedro Almodóvar (Audience Award)