Antonio Banderas won the Cannes International film Festival this Saturday, when he took the award for Best Male performance for his role in “Dolor y Gloria” by Pedro Almodóvar, in which he plays a consecrated filmmaker in the midst of a crisis of creation.
Upon receiving the Antonio Banderas award he demonstrated his gratitude for the Spanish filmmaker and dedicated his prize to Pedro Almodóvar, with whom he has worked for 40 years. “I respect it, I admire it, I want it, it’s my mentor,” said the actor, assuring that it was his “night of Glory.”
Honors for Antonio Banderas in Cannes. Photo: Valery Hache/AFP
Excited, the Spanish actor paraphrased the title of the film: “There is much pain behind the work of an actor, an artist, but there are also nights of glory, like this.”
We have to celebrate, celebrate and say something that comes from my heart, that the best is yet to come.
He is the sixth Spanish interpreter awarded in the history of the Festival de Cannes. Antonio Banderas, 58 years old, gives life in “Pain and Glory” to Salvador Mallo, a fictional character who actually embodies Almodóvar.La film, the most introspective of filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, was a favorite to take the gold palm as best Film, maximum recognition of the festival, however was defeated by Pasaite of South Korean director Bong Joon-ho.
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