Pedro Almodovar and the female universe analyzed through its film posters

Abstract

From his first film Pedro Almodovar allows the characters are vehicles of transmission of ideas through the situations they represent the filmmaker acknowledges that the protagonists of the stories he tells are still his best means of expression. Therefore, that for more than thirty year career has been opted for dumping the bulk of the narrative charge of his creations on female figures.

Through analysis of the posters of those films where the figurative element is dominant or women and whose title refers directly to them, is to show the deep reflections of the director about the world around him and his vision for the female gender. Just as the constant attempts to parody the traditional iconography, show us the certainty that the director is in love with women, whatever their condition, social status or age.