Tilda Swinton AND Juliana Moore they will be the protagonists of the new film Pedro Almodovar, The next room) that filming will begin, entirely in Englishfrom March.
This will be the first feature film shot in English by Almodóvar, who has already made two short films in this language: The human voicewith Swinton, e strange way to livewith Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke.
Tilda Swinton, Pedro Almodóvar’s new muse for his first film in English. Photo: APThe director had underlined a few months ago, on the occasion of the presentation of the short film with Pascal and Hawke at Cannes, that these two short films were just “two exercises, two experiments” see how he worked in English in preparation for his first film shot entirely in that language.
Julianne Moore at the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Photo: ReutersA tale of two writers
The locations planned for filming are Madrid and New York. Giovanni Turturro rounds out the cast of a story that seeks to tell the story “of a very flawed mother (Swinton) and a mischievous daughter separated by a big misunderstanding.”
“Between the two, another woman, Ingrid (Moore), a friend of the mother, is the repository of the pain and bitterness of both”, explained the production company of the Spanish director El Deseo.
It is a film about “the limitless cruelty of wars, about the very different ways in which the two writers approach and write about reality”.
The next stanza “talks about death, friendship and sexual pleasure as the best allies to fight horror. And it’s also about the sweet awakening to the chirping of birds in a house built in the middle of a nature reserve in New England, where the two friends experience an extreme and strangely sweet situation,” underlines the statement.
International recognition
Before Next roomthe first project Almodóvar thought of was the film adaptation of Manual for housekeepersbased on the book by American writer Lucia Berlin, which would have had the Australian actress as its protagonist Cate Blanchett as one of the protagonists.
Pedro Almodovar with Eloy Azorin, Rosa María Sarda, Cecilia Roth, Candela Pena, Marisa Paredes and Antonia San Juan, protagonists of “All About My Mother”. Photo: EFEAlmodóvar believes that his films with male protagonists are “saddest”, while love prevails in those with female protagonists. Here’s how things are Parallel mothersbasically a sort of pompous celebration of brotherhoods and other period heritage, like a catalog of solitary maternities wrapped in a plot about historical memory.
Almodóvar is considered one of the greatest European directors of his generation. He has achieved widespread international recognition with films such as All about my motherThat won the Oscar for best international film in 2000.
Talk to heranother great film of his authorship, it was nominated for two Oscars in 2003 for best director and best original screenplay. pain and glory It received Oscar nominations for best international film and in the best actor category for its fetish protagonist: Antonio Banderas.
Almodovar with Javier Cámara, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores and Darío Grandinetti, during “Talk to Her”. Photo: AFPAlmodóvar’s last work was Parallel mothers of 2021, with Penélope Cruz, another favorite, who won best actress in Venice.
Over the course of his career, the Spanish director has received one thousand and one offers to direct in English. He always categorically refused.but now he believes he is ready to do it, always with actors he already knows from other projects and with whom he is familiar.
Source: Clarin
