Pedro Almodóvar will receive the "Golden Lion" for his career in Venice

Rome.- The Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will receive the Golden Lion throughout his career at the 76th Venice Film Festival, announced the organizers of the event, which will be held from August 28 to September 7.

The decision was taken by the Board of Directors of the Venice Biennalein which Mostra de Cine, when the director of Manchego is considered "The greatest and most influential" Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel.

The director ofWomen on the brink of a nervous breakdown (1988) or "All About My Mother" (1999) accepted the recognition and was "very excited and honored" by this "gift".

Almodóvar claimed to have "beautiful memories" of the Mostra, one of the most important film festivals in the world and where his international debut took place with the creation of Entre dusieblas (1983).

"It was the first time that one of my films was traveling out of Spain, my international baptism and it was a wonderful experience (…) The Lion will become my pet, with both cats with whom I live. Thank you from the heart ", he said.

The director of the Mostra, Alberto Barbera, orHe pointed out that "Almodóvar" is not only the most important and influential Spanish director since Buñuel, but also the author who has been able to offer a more articulated, controversial and provocative portrait of Spain post-Franco ".

"The themes of transgression, desire and identity are the terrain of his work, imbued with a corrosive humor and endowed with a visual splendor that confers aesthetic flashes & camp & # 39; and & # 39; pop-art & # 39; unpublished flashes. makes an explicit reference, "he said.

Barbera emphasized the ability of the Spanish filmmaker to speak of the evil of love, abandonment and the incoherence of desire in his films, which places him between melodrama and parody, but above all depicting female characters. "Incredibly original".

Venice will also present its honorary Golden Lion to British actress Julie Andrews, performer of unforgettable roles like Mary Poppins (1964) or in "The Sound of Music" (1965). EFE

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