Legendary Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar received a hero’s welcome at the San Sebastian Film Festival where he arrived this morning to speak with the press before receiving the festival’s honorary Donostia Award for career achievement.
Almodóvar was accompanied by British actress Tilda Swinton.The maverick filmmaker will present their latest collaboration The Room Next Door as part of the Donostia Award celebrations this evening.
The press conference room was packed — which isn’t common at San Sebastian — and Almodóvar was swarmed by journalists who rushed to snap his picture. He was even presented with a handmade gift by one of the reporters in the room.
This evening’s Donostia ceremony coincides with Almodóvar’s 75th birthday and is headline news in Spain. Pedro Sánchez, the country’s President, will even attend the ceremony. Almodóvar was asked by one of the journalists in the room this morning if he had
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