Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar will get an extra chance to woo U.S. audiences this fall, as eight of his movies will be re-released in advance of his latest theatrical feature, Volver.


Volver, a comedy-drama about three generations of women, won best screenplay and a collective best actress award for its ensemble female cast at the Cannes Film Festival in May. It is set to premiere in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 3 before opening to wider release.

In the meantime, Sony Pictures Classics will bring eight of Almodovar's best known works to U.S. theatres this fall for a program titled Viva Pedro.

Many of the titles have not been seen since their original release. Others are receiving their first-ever U.S. screening.

The homage to Almodovar will feature new prints of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Flower of My Secret, Live Flesh, Law of Desire, Matador and Bad Education.

The 54-year-old Almodovar is one of Spain's most acclaimed directors. He is a two-time Oscar winner: in 2000, All About My Mother was named best foreign film, while in 2002 Talk To Her won the Academy Award for best original screenplay.

Almodovar made his first full-length feature — Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom— in 1980. However, it was 1988's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown that proved to be the breakthrough film that brought him to international attention. Subsequent movies solidified his reputation as a filmmaker who focused on strong female-centred stories.