
General Francisco Franco had been the fascist dictator of Spain for three and a half decades before his death in 1975. The housewife also kills her husband and makes soup with his remains that she serves to the police.Īs Almodovar continued to make such films, he was recognized as the leader of New Spanish Cinema and the head of La Movida (The Movement), the post-Franco Spanish pop culture scene. Slightly based on his own past, the story had such characters and plot strands as a cleaning woman with an addition to speed and a Madrid housewife who sells her son to a homosexual dentist.
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In 1984, Almodovar had his first international hit, What Have I Done to Deserve This? This was another black comedy/satire-type movie about a dysfunctional family. The story focused on nuns who put on fake miracles to fund their cocaine and heroin habits. The plot attacked the hypocrisy of the Roman Catholic Church in black comic fashion.

This was his first feature that was popular outside of Spain.

This complex movie about love was Almodovar's first starring Banderas, who would become a film star in America in the 1990s.Īlmodovar began getting some early international notice with his third feature, Dark Habits (1983). In 1981, he directed his first feature, Labyrinth of Passion, for which he also he also composed and performed the score. In the early 1980s, Almodovar began making low budget feature films that were supported by government funds and other producers' money. There he met actors and actresses who would later be stars in his films, such as Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. He joined an avant garde theatre group, Los Golidardos, and did some acting. Within a few years, Almodovar moved into arts and theater. He also wrote a soft-porn novel and some X-rated comics. Patti Diphusa that he did under a pseudonym. For La Luna, Almodovar had a cartoon character In the 1970s, he contributed to other newspapers like El Pais, Diario 16, and La Luna. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he wrote comic strips and articles for underground publications such as Star, Vibora, and Vibraciones. While Almodovar had a number of legitimate jobs, he also had a creative side. Though he really did not fit in, he needed the steady income. From 1970 to 1981, Almodovar was employed by the national phone company, first as a clerk then as an administrator. Eventually, he found a real job to support himself.

Because could not afford college, he supported himself by holding a number of odd jobs. The day after Almodovar finished high school in 1968, he moved to Madrid, Spain.
