Almadovar - Labyrinth of passion

Pedro Almodóvar – one of the central figures in Spanish film- starts his career in cinema through a series of shorts known as Super-8 in 1970’s. These highly experimental shorts already possess, however, one of the most typical features of Almodovarian cinema – transgressive and overtly sexual content, which celebrates a liberating power of love. This motive has been inspired by the left-wing artistic movement (La Movida Madrileña) which emerges after Franco`s death in 1975 and propagandizes a new freedom of expression. Being deprived of the opportunity to study at the National School of Cinema (it has been closed by Franco just before the filmmaker arrives in Madrid) Almodovar is exposed to the underground pop-culture of the city. Together with Fabio McNamara – a provocative, transgressive model and one of the most recognized representatives of the movement La Movida Madrileña – Pedro creates a glam rock duo, which is quite popular among young Madrilenians.