Antonio Banderas and Pedro Almodóvar's 'Pain and Glory' marks a deeply personal reunion
Two standing ovations. When the film played at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, the audience first rose to its feet when filmmaker Pedro Almodovar and star Antonio Banderas came out to introduce the movie and then gave a longer, rousing standing ovation after the film.
It appeared to be an emotional moment for the men, who have a long relationship on and off the screen.
"It feels good," said Banderas the next morning about the response to the movie. "I mean, what the heck, I'm not going to say, 'Oh, no.' It feels good because it means that the movie connected with the audience, and when you are an artist that's what you want."
But it also means more than that. "Pain and Glory" is a reflective, emotional work about aging but also about coming to terms with your past. Banderas made his screen debut in Almodovar's 1982 film "Labyrinth of Passion" and went on to appear in films that launched them both to international acclaim, such as
