RTÉ Arena on the magic of Pedro Almodóvar
Updated / Thursday, 11 Mar 2021
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For RTÉ Arena, Conor Hanratty discusses his films of the Oscar-winning director, from
Talk to Her to
All About My Mother and beyond - listen above.
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