With a long and award-winning career, Pedro Almodovar presented his latest work out of competition as part of the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival 2023. Starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, here we tell you everything we know about strange way of life (Strange Way of Life).
What is it about?
On the official Cannes site, Pedro Almodóvar offered a preview of what we can expect, a project that he himself writes and directs:
“A man rides a horse through the desert that separates him from Bitter Creek. He goes to visit Sheriff Jake. Twenty-five years ago, the sheriff and Silva, the rancher who rides out to find him, worked together as hired gunmen. Silva visits him with the excuse of meeting his friend from his youth, and they do celebrate their meeting, but the next morning Sheriff Jake tells him that the reason for his trip is not to remember moments of their old friendship…”
This is the second work that Pedro Almodóvar makes in English after the short film The Human Voice (2020), starring Tilda Swinton. Regarding the title of this new short film, Almodóvar explains the following:
“It alludes to a famous fado [canción popular portuguesa de carácter melancólico] by Amalia Rodrigues, whose lyrics suggest that There is no existence more strange than the one that is lived turning your back on your own desires.”.
Production team and cast
This first look at strange way of life It’s enough to cause curiosity about what will happen in the story between Sheriff Jake and rancher Silva. But Almodóvar’s own filmography also invites us to see what is new from this director.
Let us remember that he already has an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Talk to her (2002). Furthermore, during his time at Cannes, his work has also been recognized on multiple occasions: Best Director for Everything about my mother (1999) and Best Screenplay for Return (2006), in addition to Antonio Banderas taking the award for Best Actor for Pain and Glory (2019).
Likewise, the duo of Ethan Hawke (Moon Knight, The Black Telephone) and Peter Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) is an important additional factor to keep in mind. The rest of the cast includes Pedro Casablanc, Manu Ríos, George Steane, José Condessa, Jason Fernández, Sara Sálamo, Ohiana Cueto and Daniela Medina.
Agustín Almodóvar and Esther García serve as executive producers, along with Bárbara Peiró, Diego Pajuelo and Anthony Vaccarello as associate producers.
When it premieres strange way of life?
strange way of life will be released on September 14, 2023 in select theaters in Mexico, Brazil and ChileMeanwhile he September 21 will arrive in theaters in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
The platform MUBI will be in charge of distributing the short film in streaming from October 20, 2023 throughout Latin America.