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Pain And Glory from Pedro Almodovar Wins 6 Platino Awards

Pedro Almodovar’s Pain And Glory (Spain) was the big winner at the 2020 Platino Xcaret Awards celebrating Ibero-American cinema. The ceremony took place virtually on YouTube on…

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100 Explorations of World Cinema – Dah

“[Abbas] Kiarostami gave the Iranian cinema the international credibility that it has today. But his films were unfortunately not seen as much in Iran. He…

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100 Explorations of World Cinema – Siedem

“You make films to give people something, to transport them somewhere else, and it doesn’t matter if you transport them to a world of intuition…

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100 Explorations of World Cinema – Sechs

“I hope to build a house with my films. Some of them are the cellar, some are the walls, and some are the windows. But…

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100 Explorations of World Cinema – Besh

“If I had the body and the voice of an alpha male, it would be easier. It took nine years from leaving film school until…

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100 Explorations of World Cinema – Si

“When I was on The View, Barbara Walters was asking me about the blood and stuff, and I said, ‘Well, you know, that’s a staple…

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