Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died in 1975, thus opening up Spanish cinema to a new generation of filmmakers. Particularly notable is Pedro Almodovar , whose outrageous style and subject matter could never have flourished under Fascist censorship. Internationally, Almodovar became that country’s most famous director, starting with his 1988 comedy Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
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