Elsa (Bárbara Lennie) comforts Patricia (Victoria Luengo) in Bitter Christmas. El Deseo
El Deseo
Like many great filmmakers deep into their careers, Pedro Almodóvar is sometimes accused of making the same film over and over again — a reductive criticism that’s nonetheless worth unpacking.
It’s true that Almodóvar’s films are invariably full of strong women and sensitive men, photographed in scenes where wardrobe and décor are always perfectly color-coordinated. There’s a backsplash tile pattern
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