Women on the Verge of Comedy and Drama

Professor Mark Allinson (University of Leicester) author of A Spanish Labyrinth: The Films of Pedro Almodóvar will present an afternoon discussion of topics such as gender, genre and comedy in Almodóvar’s films. In this illustrated talk, Mark Allinson will provide plenty of opportunity for discussion – come prepared to join in and chat about Spain’s favourite wayward son.

Professor Mark Allinson is Head of the School of Modern Languages at the University of Leicester, author of A Spanish Labyrinth: The Films of Pedro Almodóvar (I.B. Tauris) and co-author of Spanish Cinema: A Student’s Guide (Hodder Arnold).