Almodóvar Exhibition at Cinémathèque Française Explores Writing and Autofiction

The exhibition "¡Almodóvar Exhibition!" at the Cinémathèque Française, curated by Frédéric Strauss and Matthieu Orléans, avoids the visual excess of the 1980s Movida that marked the filmmaker's early works. Instead, it opens with a fetishistic presentation of his typewriter, emphasizing writing. The show is structured as a screenplay of Almodóvar's "labyrinth of passions," ending in a final performance hall. Photographic self-portraits and close-up interviews with the director highlight the autofictional nature of his cinema, which, upon close examination, reveals everything about its creator.