Almodovar’s love affair with Spain’s capital city explored in new exhibition

A visitor observes a photograph showing a young Almodovar posing in Gran Via street, in Madrid, displayed in the exhibition 'Madrid, Almodovar Girl'. Photo: AFP

Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar’s decades-long love affair with Madrid is the focus of a new exhibition in the Spanish capital which has appeared in all of his feature films to varying degrees.

Madrid, Almodovar Girl, which runs until Oct 20 at the Conde Duque cultural centre, features 200 photos from his 23 movies, as well as notebooks, movie props and the first camera Almodovar bought, a hand-held Super-8.