Madrid’s tangerine skyline at sunset, its neon-soaked Gran Vía or the sprawling jumble of El Rastro flea market belong as indelibly to Pedro Almodóvar as the Brooklyn Bridge to Woody Allen. The city has frequently played a frenetic, slightly insalubrious supporting role to Almodóvar’s other muses: a close-knit clan of “actores amigos” from Carmen Maura to Penelope Cruz, who repeatedly flesh out the strong, exuberant females he puts centre-stage.
One of Almodóvar’s longest cinematic…
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