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The Last Dream

By: Pedro Almodóvar, Frank Wynne - translator
Narrated by: Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Taylour Paige, Michael Cera, Edoardo Ballerini, Norbert Leo Butz, Frank Wynne, Juan Diego Botto
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A mischievous and genre-spanning story collection from legendary film director Pedro Almodóvar


The Last Dream brings together for the first time twelve unpublished stories from Almodóvar’s personal archive, written between the late sixties and the present day. Delivering a tantalising glimpse into Almodóvar’s world, this wildly inventive collection reflects his most intimate obsessions, as well as his daring evolution as an artist.

Ranging from ‘The Last Dream’ - a beautiful chronicle of the death of Almodóvar’s mother - to a love story between Jesus and Barabbas;, a cult film director out in search of painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, the original story behind the film Bad Education, and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire, these stories delight and surprise.

The Last Dream is a celebration of the relationship between life and art, fiction and reality from an artist unafraid to write about our most intimate moments. It explores desire, mortality and the pain and glory of artistic creation, laced with playful humour and a deep love of literature and culture.

Translated by Frank Wynne

©2024 Pedro Almodóvar
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A glimpse into Almodovar’s life and imagination. This is by no means an autobiography… rather, a collection of intoxicating stories of Spanish culture, deep relationships and contemplation and reflections of a queer auteur as a richly mature human. Wonderful!

Memory and fiction combined in the most mesmerising storytelling.

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