Pedro Almodóvar’s short Western Strange Way Of Life is heading to the Cannes Film Festival for its world premiere next month. Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal head up the cast of the film which will be screened out of competition at the festival, followed by a theatrical release in the UK later this year.
According to an official press release, the film is produced by El Deseo and presented by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, with all characters costumed by the company.
Almodóvar has offered up a bit about the story.
A man rides a horse across the desert that separates him from Bitter Creek. 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.
More on this one as it comes in.
