The legendary filmmaker said the president "will go down in history as a catastrophe" while comparing him to Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.

I doubted if it was appropriate to come to a country ruled by a narcissistic authority, who doesn’t respect human rights,” Almodóvar said of traveling to the U.S. to accept the Chaplin award. “Trump and his friends,

Pedro Almodóvar was on the fence about whether he should even come to the United States to accept his Chaplin Award in light of the actions the Trump administration has taken. The filmmaker behind "Talk to Her" and "The Room Next Door" used his victory as a chance to speak out against the sitting U.