Umqondisi uPedro Almodóvar ubelokhu ethola impumelelo enkulu phesheya kunasezweni lakhe.
Futhi, ngefilimu yakhe yakamuva, Ephukile Yamukela, kwenzeka okufanayo nangenxa yokuthi abagxeki baseMelika bayithandile futhi kungase kube ngomunye wabazolwela i-Oscar ye-Best Foreign Language Film futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, isanda kushicilelwa ukuthi Ephukile Yamukela ikhethwe yi-English Academy njengenye ye Uqokelwe Ifilimu Ehamba Phambili Yolimi Lwangaphandle lapho ezolwa khona neThe White Ribbon, kaMichael Haneke; Ngingenise, ngoTomas Alfredson; Ukhukhunathi. Kusukela ekuhlubukeni kuya enganekwaneni kaChanel, ka-Anne Fontaine, kanye noMprofethi, kaJacques Audiard.
Iqiniso ngeke libe lula kuyena ukulwa nezilo ezifana ne-"The White Ribbon" nethi "Let Me In" kodwa lizomsiza ukuthi adume mahhala futhi athole ihhovisi lamabhokisi amahle e-England.