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The dark school years, the influence of fiction on life, the unexpected effects of chance, the sophistication of humor, the drawbacks of fame, the fascination with books, or experimentation with narrative genres are some of the themes that populate this essential book, which contains multiple layers of reading.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RESERVOIR BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55302201999704,"sku":"LIB-EL-RE-5","price":20.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/el-ultimo-sueno-pedro-almodovar-4886931.jpg?v=1761842801"},{"product_id":"la-habitacion-de-al-lado-pedro-almodovar","title":"LA HABITACIÓN DE AL LADO","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book that accompanies Pedro Almodóvar's new film, the first in his career shot entirely in English, starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Based on the novel \u003cem\u003eCuál es tu tormento\u003c\/em\u003e by Sigrid Nunez, the film has been awarded the Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and has received multiple nominations at the Goya Awards, the European Film Awards, and the Golden Globes, among other prestigious events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngrid and Martha were very close friends in their youth. They worked at the same magazine, but Ingrid ended up becoming an autofiction novelist and Martha a war reporter. Life circumstances separated them, and after many years without contact, they meet again in New York, in a critical yet strangely sweet situation. Martha, who has been a very imperfect mother and has grown distant from her daughter, suffers from a serious illness. Ingrid will accompany her for several months, while they talk about death, friendship, and sexual pleasure as good allies to fight against the horror and cruelty of a world determined to move toward destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition contains, in addition to the film's script in Spanish, an epilogue signed by Almodóvar himself that includes, in an unpublished text, his reflections on grief; it is also illustrated in full color with film stills, behind-the-scenes images, and storyboard fragments. \u003cem\u003eLa habitación de al lado\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that serves as the perfect companion to the feature film.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RESERVOIR BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55302222578008,"sku":"LIB-LA-RE-102","price":20.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/la-habitacion-de-al-lado-pedro-almodovar-9950645.jpg?v=1761779841"},{"product_id":"libro-la-piel-que-habito-pedro-almodovar","title":"La piel que habito","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince his wife suffered burns all over her body in a car accident, Dr. Robert Ledgard, a prominent plastic surgeon, became interested in creating new skin that could have saved her. Twelve years later, he manages to cultivate it in his own laboratory—a skin sensitive to touch, but a true shield against all aggressions, both external and internal, that our largest organ suffers. To achieve this, he used the possibilities offered by cell therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a human guinea pig, an accomplice, and no scruples. Scruples were never a problem; they were not part of his character. Marilia, the woman who took care of him from the day he was born, is his most loyal accomplice and will never fail him. And as for the human guinea pig...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin a year, dozens of young people of both sexes disappear from their homes, in many cases voluntarily. One of these young people ends up sharing the splendid mansion, El Cigarral, with Robert and Marilia. 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In the hours before delivery, Janis tries to cheer her up as they walk, almost sleepwalking, down the hospital corridor. The few words they exchange are enough to create a close bond between them, and chance will take care of developing and complicating it until it transforms their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"1016\"\u003eThis edition includes the original screenplay of the film and an extensive section of comments on the creative process and filming, signed by Almodóvar himself. Additionally, it is richly illustrated in full color with photographs and storyboard excerpts, and it closes with an epilogue by Vicente Molina Foix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1018\" data-end=\"1151\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1018\" data-end=\"1036\"\u003eMadres paralelas\u003c\/em\u003e is an ideal companion to the feature film and a reading of interest for those who enjoy cinema and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1312\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIf you want, I can also integrate the quotes from Esquire and Fotogramas as final “mentions,” but right now I have left it cleaner for the product sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56554778820952,"sku":"LIB-MA-RE-417","price":21.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788418897238.jpg?v=1768679916"},{"product_id":"libro-patty-diphusa-pedro-almodovar","title":"Patty Diphusa","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"538\"\u003ePatty Diphusa, international star of porno photo novels — at least according to herself — is invited by the director of a postmodern magazine to share her memoirs. Patty never sleeps, and that's why she has a lot to say. For her, everything happens at night: a succession of adventures marked by excess, desire, drugs, and a gaze as clear-sighted as it is outspoken about the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"898\"\u003eHer stories, filled with explicit sex, endless parties, taxis, nightclubs, art galleries, and the nocturnal fauna of 1980s Madrid, hide more than just provocation. Beneath the surface appears a woman with an inexhaustible capacity for pleasure, none for disappointment, and a constant escape from loneliness. A radical life enthusiast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"1397\"\u003eForged in the midst of the \u003cem data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"937\"\u003eMovida\u003c\/em\u003e boom, \u003cem data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"954\"\u003ePatty Diphusa\u003c\/em\u003e reflects and distorts the nights and days of Madrid, populated by characters that make up a true catalog of traumas, obsessions, and vices. 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The first begins in December 2004, during the long Constitution Day holiday, and is centered on Elsa, an advertising director, as well as her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia. The second takes place in 2026 and its protagonist is Raúl, a screenwriter and director who is immersed in writing a script: we soon discover that it is the story of Elsa. She is, in some way, Raúl's alter ego, who turns to autofiction as a solution to a long creative drought. He looks inside himself, and cannot help but also look at the people who make up his most intimate universe, who are his partner and his assistant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition contains, in addition to the film's script, an appendix with comments on its creative process and filming, signed by Almodóvar himself; it is also richly illustrated in full color with frames from the film, images from the shoot, and storyboard fragments, and closes with a beautiful and personal text, as an epilogue, by Gustavo Martín Garzo. Amarga Navidad is a book that serves as a perfect companion to the feature film and will attract all lovers of cinema and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCritics have said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of the deepest and most profound films by the filmmaker. Everything happens quietly. But everything weighs. 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