Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most critically acclaimed directors of his generation. The shelf-haired auteur has produced film after film of stylish visuals, off-kilter humor, sexual frankness and emotional depth. He's one of the few filmmakers on the international scene whose very name is enough to open a movie and make it profitable. And he's managed to put his homeland of Spain on the cinematic map like no other filmmaker since Buñuel -- and without spending half his life in Mexico and France, to boot. By almost any reckoning, any country would consider him a godsend to their film industry.
So why do more and more people in the world of Spanish film keep talking about something called "the curse of Almodóvar"?
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