Arts & Entertainment

'Pain and Glory' Airs At San Ramon Friday Foreign Film Series

Pedro Almodovar's film about an ailing movie director won two Academy Awards and was voted best film of 2019 by Time Magazine.

SAN RAMON, CA — The Friday Foreign Film Series is back at the Front Row Theatre in San Ramon. On Feb. 11 at 7 p.m., enjoy the 2019 Spanish film “Pain and Glory” - “Dolor y gloria” directed by Pedro Almodovar (“Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” “Volver”), starring Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz.

The movie, about an ailing film director, won two Academy Awards: Antonio Banderas won for Best Actor, and Alberto Iglesias for Best Soundtrack. It also competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and Time Magazine named it the best movie of 2019.

Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased here.

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