Pedro Almodóvar Schools Screenings
We are pleased to be able to offer schools the chance to book for a private screening of a selection of Pedro Almodóvar's most iconic films for a reduced rate of £5 per student or a flat fee of £100 if there are less than 20 students.
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This is a great opportunity for A Level Spanish or Film Studies classes to see one of Almodóvar's films up on the big screen.
All About My Mother (15)
Dates and times
Available to book between 3rd Sep and 1st Oct. Start time no later than 10:30 am.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar. Spain. 85 mins.
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After the tragic death of her son, a woman returns to her native Barcelona to start a new life and tell the boy’s transgender father about the son he never knew he had. Enriched with emotional maturity and depth, this riveting melodrama is an exploration of strong women, probing ideas of motherhood, female solidarity and the very notion of being a woman. Bursting with superb performances, moving insight, a genuinely witty script and splendid visuals, it confirmed Almodóvar as one of the world's foremost directors.
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Suitability: KS4/5 | Subjects: Spanish, Film and Media
Price: £5 per student or flat fee of £100 if less than 20 students. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Talk To Her (15)
Dates and times
Available to book between 11th Sept and 1st Oct. Start time no later than 10:30 am.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar. Spain. 112 mins.
This moving tale of loss, loneliness and regret centres on a private clinic where two men fortuitously meet and form an unlikely friendship. Directed with characteristic brio and style, Talk To Her showcases Almodovar’s ability to craft strong female characters and win the confidence of his actors, who, as ever, oblige with deft performances. It’s a valuable and gently optimistic contribution to Almodovar’s impressive canon.
Suitability: KS4/5 | Subjects: Spanish, Film and Media
Price: £5 per student. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
Bad Education (15)
Dates and times
Available to book between 18th Sept and 1st Oct. Start time no later than 10:30 am.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar. Spain. 106 mins.
When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded (Fele Martínez) a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer (Gael García Bernal) who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimisation and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.
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Suitability: KS4/5 | Subjects: Spanish, Film and Media
Price: £5 per student. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).
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Volver (15)
Dates and Times
Available to book between 24th Sept and 18th Oct. Start time no later than 10:30 am.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar. Spain. 97mins.
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A brilliant synthesis of love story, melodrama, ghost story and thriller, Volver stands as a towering achievement even amid Almodóvar’s superb body of work. Calling the film “the deepest return to my roots”, the director goes back to his birthplace, La Mancha, to tell the story of a group of women, all inspired by women from his own childhood. Three generations survive fire, insanity and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality. They are Raimunda (Penelope Cruz), married with a teenage daughter, Sole (Lola Dueñas), her sister, and their mother (Carmen Maura), who died in a fire, but who appears to Sole. The film is visually sumptuous, and the performances equally strong.
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Suitability: KS4/5 | Subjects: Spanish, Film and Media
Price: £5 per student. Free for staff (1:10 ratio).