Almodóvar

British  

/ ɑlmɔˈdovɑ /

noun

1. Pedro. born 1949, Spanish film director. His provocative black comedies include Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), The Flower of My Secret (1995), Talk to Her (2002), and Volver (2006)

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Example Sentences

Spain’s Carmen Maura, an octogenarian who appeared in such Pedro Almodóvar features as “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” and “Volver,” gives a warmly sympathetic performance in a film by Moroccan director Maryam Touzani.

From The Wall Street Journal

Carmen Maura, best known for her work with Pedro Almodóvar, stars in Maryam Touzani’s Spanish and Arabic drama.

From The Wall Street Journal

A few years later, Franco died in a different sense, as the vanquished villain whose disappearance made possible the explosive early films of queer-cinema pioneer Pedro Almodóvar, and turned Barcelona, Madrid and Ibiza into global centers of nightclub culture.

From Salon

The movie, produced by Pedro Almodóvar and selected by Spain as its entry for best international feature at next year’s Oscars, begins with the setup of a sound system that will pump out techno through the narrative’s early stretch, which unfolds at a rave in the remote desert of southern Morocco.

From The Wall Street Journal

Almodovar became chief executive in December 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal