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Strange Way of Life (2023)

Name: Strange Way of Life
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Genre: LGBTQ-related film, Western
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 6.2

Strange Way of Life is a 2023 Spanish Western drama short film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. It stars Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as two gunslingers who reunite after 25 years. The film marks Almodóvar's second English-language effort, following The Human Voice (2020).

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Shot by José Luis Alcaine Escaño · Cut by Teresa Font · Music by Alberto Iglesias · Ratio 2.39:1 · 30 min

Behind the scenes

DP José Luis Alcaine on shooting "Strange Way of Life" on ALEXA 35 & Signature Prime lenses — ARRIChannel · 5 min
"A Night of Sex and Alcohol" in Pedro Almodóvar's STRANGE WAY OF LIFE | From Studio 9 — TIFF · 2 min
Pedro Almodóvar on Strange Way of Life | NYFF61 — Film at Lincoln Center · 27 min
Pedro Almodóvar on Revising the American Western with Strange Way of Life | NYFF61 — Film at Lincoln Center · 4 min

Elsewhere

More by Pedro Almodóvar

A Manual for Cleaning Women
Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! — 1978
Salomé — 1978
Pepi, Luci, Bom — 1980
Labyrinth of Passion — 1982
Dark Habits — 1983
What Have I Done to Deserve This? — 1985
Matador — 1986
Law of Desire — 1987
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown — 1988
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! — 1989
High Heels — 1991
Kika — 1993
The Flower of My Secret — 1995
Live Flesh — 1997
All About My Mother — 1999
Talk to Her — 2002
Bad Education — 2004
Volver — 2006
The Cannibalistic Councillor — 2009
Broken Embraces — 2009
The Skin I Live In — 2011
I'm So Excited — 2013
Julieta — 2016
Pain and Glory — 2019
The Human Voice — 2020
Parallel Mothers — 2021
The Room Next Door — 2024
Bitter Christmas — 2026

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