Trailer

Strange Way of Life & The Human Voice

Runtime
1hr 31mins
Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
Featuring
Pedro Pascal,
Ethan Hawke,
Tilda Swinton,
Pedro Almodóvar
Body

This fall experience two short films from director Pedro Almodóvar: Strange Way of Life starring Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) and Ethan Hawke (Before Sunrise) and The Human Voice starring Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin).

Following the shorts, there will be a recorded conversation with the director.

STRANGE WAY OF LIFE (2023)

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....

THE HUMAN VOICE (2020)

Pedro Almodóvar's new short film starring Tilda Swinton, freely based on Jean Cocteau’s play. A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has abandoned him.

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