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Pedro Almodóvar‘s latest movie astatine nan Cannes Film Festival, Bitter Christmas, scored a nine-minute ovation aft its world premiere screening Tuesday night.
The pic (Spanish title: Amarga Navidad) — nan auteur’s 11th offering successful Cannes, and eighth successful nan main title — straddles 2 storylines and is nan latest to bespeak his ain viewpoint. It centers connected a director, Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia), and Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), nan cult filmmaker astatine nan halfway of Raúl’s screenplay. As Raul grapples pinch telling nan communicative of Elsa’s life, he’s confronted by nan murkiness of borrowing from existent group for nan purposes of fiction.
The crowd which included past year’s assemblage president Juliette Binoche, responded good to nan pic aft nan screening, which was attended by Almodóvar and his formed that includes Sbaraglia, Lennie, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Quim Guitierrez and Patrick Criado.
“I’ve ne'er recovered an assemblage that is truthful lukewarm arsenic here,” Almodóvar told nan Grand Théâtre Lumière assemblage aft nan applause died down. “It’s ever a dream for maine to come, conscionable to participate by that doorway and beryllium down here. … I will miss it very overmuch erstwhile I will not come.”
Pedro Almodóvar gives a moving reside to assemblage pursuing screening of ‘Bitter Christmas’ movie successful #Cannes.
He talks of nan “dream” of bringing successful nan Grand Theatre Auditorium pic.twitter.com/xPFYVLhxZU
Deadline’s Pete Hammond successful his review noted nan echoes of Almodóvar nan creator are unmistakable successful Bitter Christmas, and called it “a fascinating peek into nan master’s ain head.”
Bitter Christmas, which has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics successful nan U.S., is playing successful Cannes’ main competition. Despite being a Cannes regular, Almodóvar has ne'er won nan fest’s Palme d’Or, though he has won plentifulness including Best Director (All About My Mother) and Best Screenplay (Volver).
