Acclaimed actor Ethan Hawke is set to star opposite Pedro Pascal in the Western short movie “Strange Way of Life” (Extraña Forma de Vida in the original Spanish).
Academy Award-winning writer and director Pedro Almodóvar, the most well-known Spanish filmmaker of current times, is set to begin shooting the movie in late August.
The director’s English language filmmaking repertoire began in 2020 with the short movie “The Human Voice” starring Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton.
Almodóvar is also set to make his English-speaking feature debut with “A Manual for Cleaning Women” based on Lucia Berlin’s The New York Times bestseller.
The movie is planned for next year and will star Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett.
“Strange Way of Life” features Hawke and Pascal portraying a duo of middle-aged gunslingers, Jake and Silva.
It begins with Silva riding across the desert to visit Sheriff Jake in Bitter Creek. A little over two decades prior, the men had worked together as hired gunslingers. Silva’s intention in going to Bitter Creek is to have a pleasant reunion with his old friend. However, Jake has another secret reason that hasn’t got to do with reliving the memories from when they were work partners.
“Strange Way of Life” will be shot in the Tabernas desert region of Almería, Spain, the same region where the 1966 Western classic “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” was shot.
The movie will be co-produced by Almodóvar and his brother Agustín’s production company El Deseo and the luxury French fashion brand Saint Laurent, which will also be responsible for the costume design.
Almodóvar’s production company is also currently building a ranch close to the capital city of Madrid to shoot additional scenes.
The movie will also feature young Spanish actors Jason Fernández, George Steane, and Manu Ríos, and Portuguese actor José Condessa.
Pedro Casablanc and Sara Salámo will also be starring in the project.
