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Pain and Glory

Summary: A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.

Release Date: October 04, 2019

Genre: Drama

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Writer: Pedro Almodóvar

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Canal+, Ciné+, El Deseo, El Primer Deseo, Gobierno de España, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Pathé, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE)

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Countries: Spain, France

Language: Spanish

Domestic: $ 4,567,338

International: $ 32,792,351

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