Autofiction

The latest from Pedro Almodóvar (Madres paralelas)! De Spaanse director takes the personal route with a playful film that muses on artistic freedom and art as an imitation of real life. After the death of her mother in December, advertising director Elsa throws herself into her work to process the loss. When a panic attack forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia. The story of these women runs parallel to that of a screenwriter and a cult filmmaker who is in a creative crisis, and explores how life and fiction are inextricably linked, sometimes in a painful way. Met Autofiction Almodóvar was again in the running for a Gouden Palm in Cannes. In the playful Autofiction, Pedro Almodóvar dares to laugh, flirt, and exaggerate again ― Focus Knack Kijkwijzer: 12