Pain and Glory (2019)
A filmmaker intimately reflects on his life's loves and losses, feeling a nostalgic melancholy in his twilight years.
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.
How intense is Pain and Glory?
Pain and Glory has no gore and no real violence. Emotionally it is heavy. The pace is measured, and it is a full-attention watch. Rated R.
What Pain and Glory feels like
- Tone
- melancholyintimateearnestnostalgic
- Pace
- Measured
- Best for
- Full attention
Where to stream Pain and Glory
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Is Pain and Glory for you?
Is Pain and Glory scary?
No. Pain and Glory is not a scary watch (scare level 0 of 3).
Is Pain and Glory gory or violent?
No gore (0 of 3) and no real violence (0 of 3). Squeamish viewers are fine here.
Is Pain and Glory sad or heavy?
It is emotionally heavy (2 of 3). Expect it to land.
Is Pain and Glory OK for kids?
It is rated R, so it is made for adults. Intensity: scare 0, gore 0, violence 0, each out of 3.
How long is Pain and Glory?
Pain and Glory runs 1h 54m.
Where can I stream Pain and Glory?
Pain and Glory is not on a US subscription service right now (rent or buy may still be an option).
Does Pain and Glory have a happy ending? spoiler-safe answer
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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