{"id":2109,"date":"2019-08-20T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2020-08-10T07:54:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:54:59","slug":"healing-by-art-almodovar-champions-arts-for-health-and-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2019\/08\/20\/healing-by-art-almodovar-champions-arts-for-health-and-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing by Art: Almodovar Champions Arts for Health and Well-Being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>\u2018Pain and Glory\u2019 \u2018Dolor y gloria\u2019<\/em>, directed by Pedro Almodovar, Spain 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>In general release in UK cinemas on 23rd August 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Review by Dr Khalid Ali, film and Media Correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his 21st feature film \u2018Pain and glory\u2019, auteur film maker Almodovar reflects on three significant relationships and people; his mother, a former lover and an actor from one of his early films. Almodovar uses an alter-ego Director Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas in a remarkable performance) to chronicle formative episodes in his life from a 9-year old choir boy, to an ageing film maker. The film opens with a haunting scene of Salvador immersed in a water-tank cut off physically and metaphorically from the outside world. Riddled with a multitude of old-age afflictions, Salvador suffers from chronic back pain, persistent headache, poor mobility, laboured breathing, choking episodes, tinnitus, insomnia, panic attacks, anxiety and depression. Painkillers, sleeping tablets and antidepressants taken by the bucket-load do not cure or ameliorate his symptoms. A creative block adds to his woes. Flights with great <a href=\"https:\/\/aviation.parkland.edu\/\">flight training<\/a> operators of fantasy reminiscing on childhood memories bring temporary relief to his agony. As a young boy Salvador was showered by love from a doting mother (Penelope Cruz), a time when he discovered his passion for music and singing as well as an overwhelming physical desire he labels \u2018the first sin\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=pEjFOkCKb3g\"><em>Pain and Glory<\/em>&#8211; official YouTube trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The re-release of Salvador\u2019s masterpiece\u00a0<em>\u2018Sabor\u2019 (Taste)<\/em>\u00a0in the Madrid Cinematheque forces him to revisit a traumatic memory when the film star Alberto (Asier Etxeandia) damaged the film\u2019s authenticity by heroin addiction. The film\u2019s 30 year anniversary becomes a fateful encounter when the ageing Salvador experiments with heroin himself. What starts off as an attempt to escape physical and emotional pain soon spirals into an addiction. \u00a0While \u2018chasing the dragon\u2019, Salvador remembers Federico, an ex-lover who was also a victim of heroin addiction. Moving seamlessly between past and present life incidents, the frail film-maker reflects on the big questions in life; love, sexuality, fate, destiny, mortality, creativity and more.<\/p>\n<p>In a poignant scene, Salvador\u2019s mother requests a dignified death in her own home, but sadly Salvador could not manage to grant his mother\u2019s wish and she died in hospital. This event haunts the director with deep regret and shame; he has always disappointed his mother by being someone she never approved of.<\/p>\n<p>The healthcare profession as it stands cannot provide satisfactory answers; knowing less about the underlying cause of his choking episodes is justifiable and warranted. Withholding a diagnosis of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5760404\/\">Forestier disease<\/a>\u2019 is kinder than being tormented with the possibilities of risky surgery and disability if the operation goes wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Almodovar has always shown respect and admiration for women\u2019s resilience in films such as \u2018Women on the verge of nervous breakdown\u2019 (1988), \u2018All about my mother\u2019 (1998), and \u2018Volver\u2019 (2006). In his latest film, he pays homage to iconic stars; Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Natalie Wood, women who led troubled lives and suffered tragic deaths as a hefty price for their talent and fame. He shares with these icons their well-publicized tragedies and their struggles to survive as normal human beings as well as \u2018Stars\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2110\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2110\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/files\/2019\/08\/Pain-and-Glory.png\" alt=\"Pain and Glory Film Poster\" width=\"193\" height=\"286\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Film Poster for &#8216;<em>Pain and Glory<\/em>&#8216;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The big question that the narrative poses is: What, if anything, can absolve artists of such deeply rooted feelings of self-doubt, ineptitude and failure made worse by body and soul ailments? Salvador\u2019s words of wisdom partially answer that dilemma: \u2018Cinema saved me\u2019 and \u2018Without filming, my life is meaningless\u2019. Almodovar once publicly confessed that he has reached a stage where life around him merely serves as material for his films\u2019 narrative. Film\u00a0ceases to be a medium for enlightenment or\u00a0entertainment, it becomes\u00a0an act of everyday living like eating, drinking, sleeping and breathing.\u00a0Salvador conquers drug addiction by another type of dependency\u00a0immersing himself in writing\u00a0to channel his fears and woes into \u2018creative art\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It is not \u2018film\u2019 alone that provides an \u2018antidote\u2019 to suffering: Salvador is surrounded by an indulgent shrine of valuable works of art; paintings, sculptures and rare books in his Madrid flat. He finds \u2018salvation\u2019 in the safety and comfort of such collective creativity. Music also provides \u2018therapy for the soul\u2019 in the blissful moments when Salvador and Federico were wandering the streets of Havana listening to music. The human body can be a well of\u00a0<strong>\u2018pain\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0and suffering, and only art and creativity can bring that much coveted\u00a0<strong>\u2018glory\u2019.\u200b<\/strong><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Pain and Glory\u2019 \u2018Dolor y gloria\u2019, directed by Pedro Almodovar, Spain 2019 In general release in UK cinemas on 23rd August 2019 Review by Dr Khalid Ali, film and Media Correspondent In his 21st feature film \u2018Pain and glory\u2019, auteur film maker Almodovar reflects on three significant relationships and people; his mother, a former lover [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2019\/08\/20\/healing-by-art-almodovar-champions-arts-for-health-and-well-being\/\">Read 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