Following his collaboration with Tilda Swinton,
The Human Voice, Pedro Almodóvar has made another English language short. Reputedly
clocking in at 31 minutes, Strange Way of Life is a western
starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal.
"A man rides a horse across the desert that separates him from Bitter
Creek," Almodóvar says of his short. "He comes to visit Sheriff Jake. Twenty-five years earlier, both the sheriff
and Silva, the rancher who rides out to meet him, worked together as hired
gunmen. Silva visits him with the excuse of reuniting with his friend from
his youth, and they do indeed celebrate their meeting, but the next morning
Sheriff Jake tells him that the reason for his trip is not to go down the
memory lane of their old friendship....I must say no more so as not to give away all the surprises of the
script. The strange way of life referred in the title alludes to the famous fado by
Amalia Rodrigues, whose lyrics suggest that there is no stranger existence
than the one that is lived by turning your back on your own desires."
Strange Way of Life will receive its World Premiere out of competition at Cannes Film
Festival, followed by a theatrical release in the UK later this
year.
Check out the trailer below.
