Cruz Teams With Almodovar
December 13th, 2007 in Actors, Foreign Language, Movie News, classic
Penelope Cruz is to star in Pedro Almodovar’s next film, “Los abrazos rotos,” described as a “four-way tale of amour fou, shot in the style of ’50s American film noir at its most hard-boiled.”
“Abrazos” will go into pre-production next year, with Almodovar aiming to shoot in the spring, partly in
“Abrazos” is set in the ’90s and present day. It will mix stylistic references to films such as Nicholas Ray’s “In a Lonely Place” and Vincente Minnelli’s “The Bad and the Beautiful” with signature Almodovar themes: “Fate, the mystery of creation, guilt, unscrupulous power, the eternal search of fathers for sons, and sons for fathers,” Pedro Almodovar told Daily Variety.
“Penelope will exchange the era’s aprons, cardigans and the hairdos for an updated look, but one that mixes the transparent turbulence of Gene Tierney and the mistreated, challenging beauty of Linda Darnell in Otto Preminger’s ‘Fallen Angel,’ ” Pedro Almodovar explained, talking about points of departure for the film.
He is completing the screenplay. “Like some of my other films — ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ — this film came easily, in one go,” Almodovar said.
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December 13th, 2007 at 9:12 am
So exciting!
December 13th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
It sure is Peter. They make quite a team. Don’t you think?
December 14th, 2007 at 7:56 am
I do. I think she truly shines in his films, and that has as much to do with her abilities as an actress as it does to do with Almodovar’s understanding of and ability to work with his performers.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:45 am
Peter, that’s a very good observation. I loved Cruz in her last film with him — but the title evades me now. She was great in it.