Madrid Through the Almodovar´s Prism

Pedro Almodovar on Gran Via, Madrid
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR was born in 1949, in a little town in the middle of Castile-La Mancha, Don Quixote’s land. At the age of 8, he moved to a religious boarding school in Cáceres. That was his first contact with the cinema. Later, he said: "Cinema became my real education, much more than the one I received from the priest". He was influenced by Buñuel, Bergman, Fellini and many others.

He moved to Madrid in 1967, with the intention of studying at the School of Cinema, but it had closed recently, so he got a job, and in his free time had to be completely self-taught.
In the early seventies, Almodóvar collaborated with a vanguard theatrical group where he met Carmen Maura. He also wrote articles, stories and comics for some fanzines. He shot his first short film when he was 22, with his first camera, a Super-8.


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