![]() Upon arrival, he lingers by the doorway to watch a lonesome cowboy sing a lovelorn tune. The film opens deliberately with a shot of Silva riding across the desert to see his old friend. Working with such a limited runtime requires all the more instinct for structure and rhythm of a filmmaker, and Almodóvar just goes ahead and – seemingly effortlessly – shows you why he’s one of the greatest there ever was. ![]() The setup is simple enough but, this being an Almodóvar joint, of course sex, violence, and intrigue quickly ensue. Set in a desert town near the Mexican border, Strange Way of Life stars Ethan Hawke as Sheriff Jake and Pedro Pascal as out-of-town rancher Silva who pays Jake an unexpected visit after they parted ways 25 years ago. By some stroke of luck I still can’t believe, one such golden ticket landed on my lap.Īccompanied by his cast and crew (and with the likes of Catherine Deneuve and Xavier Dolan in attendance), the Spanish maestro introduced the world premiere himself, which is one of those spine-tingling magical moments you only experience in Cannes. Shown exclusively before a scheduled talk with no additional press screenings, tickets were gone literally within seconds. The one film that proved the hardest to see is Pedro Almodóvar’s 31-min short Strange Way of Life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Download: 2023 Cannes Dispatch: Almodóvar's 'Strange Way of Life' & Koreeda's 'Monster'īy all accounts, the hottest ticket at the 76 th Cannes Film Festival is not the Scorsese, not the Indiana Jones, ditto Glazer, Haynes, nor the Anderson. ![]()
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