- Title: Viva Pedro!
- Date: 22nd December 2001
- Description:All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar Spanish master film-maker Pedro Almodovar's extraordinary talent and prodigious output have earned him worldwide fame and critical applause. But it's been a long,hard struggle. The joie de vivre,kinetic surrealism and lavish sexuality displayed in his work are the products of a young man who grew up in a country where women were not allowed passports; children at boarding schools had to shower fully clothed; and films as mainstream as Casablanca were banned. While the left-wing was planning to replace the crumbling fascist regime left after General Franco's death,a similar revolution was taking place in the bars and nightclubs of Madrid. Although things are different now,Almodovar still manages to offend the present-day PC establishment. But with 13 films,an Oscar and a huge pompadour hairdo to his credit,Pedro remains controversial and gets away with it. Narrator: Stephen Frears Director: Nick Cory-Wright
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Illuminations Television Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:22/12/2001
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s