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He talks to Screen International about the joy of working with Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz and the temptation of television.
Pedro Almodovar is a Cannes veteran, marking his sixth time in Competition with Pain And Glory, two years after he headed up the Cannes jury (Ruben Ostlund’s The Square was his jury’s Palme d’Or winner). But the trepidation in sharing the most autobiographical film of his career is still there. He talks to Screen International about the joy of working with Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz and the temptation of television.
How does it feel to be in Cannes Competition for a sixth time?
I love Cannes and it’s always exciting to be in competition. Being here also gives me a sense of continuity and endurance that is important at my age. I’m not Clint Eastwood and I hope I can get to his age still making films like he does, but I’m old enough to enjoy the fact that I can keep on doing what I did ten years ago and that my films spark interest.
Is Pain And Glory your most autobiographical film?
All my films talk about me, but I’d never made one with a main character that is a film director and...