This was confirmed by Esther García, producer of the company El Deseo, owned by the director.
the spanish director Pedro Almodovar preparing a shoot in the United States, it would be the first foreign film of his career, he told the AFP agency on Thursday esther garciaproducer of the company of the Manchego creator, The desire.
“Yes, we want to do something in the United States, we are excited, it is not defined yet,” declared the producer, who participated in a panel on the state of Spanish cinema at the Cannes Film Market.
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Garcia is the executive producer of the gay western “Strange Way of Life”which the 73-year-old Spanish director presented on Wednesday in Cannes, a short filmed in the desert of Almería (southern Spain) in English, with ethan hawke and Peter Pascal.
The short, which lasts half an hour, garnered applause and good reviews at the French festival, and Almodóvar declared that his goal was not to do something anachronistic, that would be well accepted in the United States.
“Strange Way of Life” it was co-produced with the French fashion firm Saint Laurent, which recently announced the creation of a division for film projects.
When asked by AFP if this new project in the United States could follow this model, Esther García replied: “we will do it ourselves.”
Almodóvar’s approach to Hollywood
El Deseo, the production company of Pedro Almodóvar and his brother Agustín, is one of the success stories of Spanish cinema, a pioneer in independent cinema.
The author of “tie me up” either “The law of Desire” He has been tempted on several occasions by Hollywood to shoot in English, something that has never been possible.
Before filming “Strange way of life”, Almodóvar had advanced in an adaptation of the book of short stories “Manual for cleaning women”of Lucia Berlintogether with the actress cate blanchettbut the project did not finish materializing.
Pedro Almodovar has won two Oscars, for best non-English language film for “Everything about my mother” in 2000 and for the best screenplay for “Talk to her” in 2003.
Source: Ambito
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