Pain and Glory

Pain and Glory

2019•1h 54m•7.4/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.4/10(2K)

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.

Open in PickFlick

Production

El Deseo, TVE

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

Salvador Mallo

Asier Etxeandia

Asier Etxeandia

Alberto Crespo

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Federico Delgado

Nora Navas

Nora Navas

Mercedes

Julieta Serrano

Julieta Serrano

Old Jacinta

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Jacinta

César Vicente

César Vicente

Eduardo

Asier Flores

Asier Flores

Young Salvador

Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth

Zulema

Susi Sánchez

Susi Sánchez

Pious Woman from Paterna

Raúl Arévalo

Raúl Arévalo

Venancio Mallo

Pedro Casablanc

Pedro Casablanc

Dr. A. Galindo

Julián López

Julián López

Presenter

Eva Martín

Eva Martín

Radiologist

Sara Sierra

Sara Sierra

Conchita

Constancia Céspedes

Rosalía

Rosalía

Laundress Rosita

Marisol Muriel

Laundress Mari

Paqui Horcajo

Paqui Horcajo

Laundress Mercedes

Alba Gómez

Recommended

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

2022

6.6

Julieta

Julieta

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.

Julieta

2016

7.0

The Ideal Palace

The Ideal Palace

Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years.

The Ideal Palace

2019

6.9

La prima pietra

La prima pietra

No overview available.

La prima pietra

2018

5.6

The Painted Bird

The Painted Bird

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

The Painted Bird

2019

7.1

Song Without a Name

Song Without a Name

Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation. Based on a true story.

Song Without a Name

2020

6.5

The Painter

The Painter

A teen girl, trapped by the normalised pressures of academia, decides to rebel in order to pursue her passion through artistic expression and escape the wrath of her overbearing maths teacher.

The Painter

2024

5.7

Inna de Yard

Inna de Yard

Capturing the ongoing relevance of reggae and its social values, and the music's passion to revitalize an older generation while passing it on to younger listeners.

Inna de Yard

2019

7.2

Vrithra

Vrithra

While investigating a seemingly open-and-shut case, sub-inspector Indra Rao uncovers a trail that leads her way beyond the obvious and simple answers. As she follows the evidence, she is posed with a choice that could change her life as a police officer forever.

Vrithra

2019

7.0

Fisherman's Friends

Fisherman's Friends

Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life story of Cornish folk band, Fisherman's Friends.

Fisherman's Friends

2019

6.7

I'm So Excited!

I'm So Excited!

Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. The group of eccentric travelers on the flight, defenseless in the face of danger, indulge in colourful confessionals, while the outlandish crew attempts to find ways to entertain them.

I'm So Excited!

2013

5.7

The Traitor

The Traitor

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.

The Traitor

2019

7.6

Similar Movies

Killing Zoe

Killing Zoe

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

Killing Zoe

1993

6.2

Fire

Fire

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.

Fire

1997

6.7

Ed Wood

Ed Wood

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Ed Wood

1994

7.5

Casino

Casino

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Casino

1995

8.0

Techno, Mama

Techno, Mama

Nikita loves to listen to techno music and dreams to go to Berlin and visit the famous club “Berghain”. His mother Irena doesn’t know about his son’s dreams and soon enough their mutual expectations will clash.

Techno, Mama

2022

4.3

Moreno

Moreno

When Chris arrives at the village of T'boli in lake Sebu, South Cotabato, he thought he has left his dark recent past behind. He is working on commission as a video documentarist to make a profile on the women T'boli and their changing views on multiple marriages. The most affluent men, called Datu, marry more than once and each time pays dowry to the family of the women they marry. When a young T'boli woman, Ngapon, tells Chris that she wants to be free from a marriage that was set by her parents and to go to Manila, Chris begins to confront waht he left in the city. Like the proud Datu with many wives, Chris has Denver, a bronze skinned lover in Manila, who is proud of his relationships. Denver lives with Chris in an apartment as partners yet he still goes into sexual and emotional relationships with other men. Ngapon's quest for freedom becomes Chris journey to a very sad dark past. - Written by Anonymous

Moreno

2007

4.1

Barton Fink

Barton Fink

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Barton Fink

1991

7.5

Desert Hearts

Desert Hearts

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.

Desert Hearts

1985

7.0

The Astronaut Lovers

The Astronaut Lovers

Pedro travels from Spain to Argentina for a vacation at his uncle's home, where he meets Maxi again, a childhood friend. Maxi is surprised when he finds out Pedro is gay. When Maxi finds his ex-girlfriend is also there, he asks Pedro to pretend to be his boyfriend to win her back. Pedro accepts the game, unaware of the dangers of playing with love.

The Astronaut Lovers

2024

8.2

On My Own

On My Own

Simon Henderson is at boarding school in Canada while his father works in Hong Kong, and his mother lives in England. When his parents visit him in the holidays, Simon discovers that his mother has schizophrenia.

On My Own

1993

5.0

Man of Marble

Man of Marble

A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.

Man of Marble

1977

7.0

High Fidelity

High Fidelity

After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".

High Fidelity

2000

7.1