Double from desire (Arte) – Why were Antonio Banderas and Pedro Almodovar mixed for 20 years?

Double from desire (Arte) – Why were Antonio Banderas and Pedro Almodovar mixed for 20 years?

They met, broke up, found each other. This double portrait depicts a turbulent artistic relationship of forty years.

CONNECTION

When they met in 1981, Antonio Banderas was 21 years old and was learning his craft on boards in Madrid. Pedro Almodóvar is the leader of Movida, an underground movement inciting post-Franco Spain. who will understand Women on the verge of nervous breakdownLaunched in 1988 for starters: “You have a very romantic face. You should make a movie.

BETRAYAL

Almodóvar adds gesture to the spoken word and makes Banderas his alter ego. Matador, Law of Desire, connect me… In 1992, handsome Antonio answered the call of Hollywood. Bitterly, Almodóvar criticizes his escape and the choice of his films. He signed in 1999. all about my momWith Penélope Cruz and with the female director: “I am the dream of actresses all over the world.

Compromise

In 2008, Banderas received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Sebastian Festival in Spain. It is Almodóvar who gave it to him, he moved: “Without him, my films would have been much worse. » The end of 20 years of alienation. autobiographically in 2018 Pain and Glory,Banderas with salt and pepper bearded in colorful clothes represent Almodóvar. This time two men are one.

Antonio Banderas and Pedro Almodóvar: doubling from desire: Sunday, May 8 at 22:55 arte

Isabelle Magnier

Source: Programme Television

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