Overview

Join the Denver Film Society for a complete 20-film retrospective in August. Almodóvar’s signature style blends camp, irreverent humor, pop culture reference, vibrant colors and scenery and has stimulated art-house audiences for years.



Almodóvar en Total is presented by DFS and organized by Keith Garcia, former DFS Programming Manager turned filmmaker and contributing writer for Westword. Special presentations throughout the series will be hosted by the Director of Film Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, and author of “Pedro Almodóvar,” Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.



The series kicks off August 1 with the director’s first-and rarely screening- film, Pepi, Luci, Bom And Other Girls Like Mom (1980) and explore four distinct phases in the director’s career:

Pedro Finds His Voice (week one)

Almodóvar’s Sexy Stride (week two)

Pedro Remembers (week three) and

Neo-Modovar (week 4), including his latest film Julieta



Individual screening tickets go on sale closer to the series.



Full list of films (by week) in Almodóvar en Total:



Week One: Pedro Finds His Voice (August 1 – 10)

Pepi, Luci, Bom And Other Girls Like Mom (Pepi, Luci, Bom, y otras chicas del montón). 1980. 82 min.

Labyrinth of Passion (Laberinto de pasiones). 1982. 100 min.

Dark Habits (Entre tinieblas). 1983. 114 min.

What Have I Done to Deserve This? (¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?). 1984. 101 min.

Matador. 1986. 110 min.

Law of Desire (La ley del deseo). 1987. 102 min.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios). 1988. 90 min.



Week Two: Almodóvar’s Sexy Stride (August 11 – 17)

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Átame!). 1990. 111 min.

High Heels (Tacones lejano). 1991. 112 min.

Kika. 1993. 114 min.

Live Flesh (Carne trémula). 1997. 103 min.



Week Three: Pedro Remembers (August 18 – 24)

The Flower of My Secret (La flor de mi secreto). 1995. 103 min

All about My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre). 1999. 101 min.

Talk to Her (Hable con ella). 2002. 112 min.

Bad Education (La mala educación). 2004. 106 min.



Week Four: Neo-Modovar (August 25 – 31)

Volver. 2006. 121 min.

Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos). 2009. 127 min.

The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito). 2011. 120 min.

I’m So Excited! (Los amantes pasajeros). 2013. 90 min.

Julieta. 2016. 99 min.