MoMA HONORS PEDRO ALMODÓVAR WITH MAJOR CAREER RETROSPECTIVE

Pedro Almodóvar will be honored with a major career retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art from November 29 through December 17, 2016. Opening on November 29 with a special screening of Almódovar’s latest work and 20th feature film, Julieta (2016), to be released nationally on December 21, the retrospective will include all 20 of the director’s feature films, beginning with his first film Pepi, Luci, Bom, y otras chicas del montón (Pepi, Luci, Bom) from 1980. Pedro Almodóvar is organized by Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, and La Frances Hui, Associate Curator, Department of Film, MoMA. In conjunction with the retrospective, Almodóvar will participate in an evening-long conversation and Q&A at the Museum, with the date and other details to be announced. Selected Films featured in Pedro Almodóvar: Pepi, Luci, Bom, y otras chicas del montón (Pepi, Luci, Bom). 1980. 82 min.; Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (What Have I Done to Deserve This?). 1984. 101 min.; La ley del deseo (Law of Desire). 1987. 102 min.; Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown). 1988. 90 min.; Tacones lejanos (High Heels). 1991. 112 min.; Todo sobre mi madre (All about My Mother). 1999. 101 min.; Julieta. 2016. 99 min. JULIETA, by Pedro Almodóvar, a Sony Pictures Classics Release, opens December 21, 2016. For more information, contact The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019, (212) 708-9400, moma.org.