Almodóvar said Swinton and Moore moved him to tears during one pivotal scene in the film, at a New York Film Festival panel
“That’s what Pedro ’s movies are about: how do you witness the human condition in all of its humor and fallibility and depth?”is Almodóvar’s first English-language feature. In it, Moore stars as Ingrid, an author tasked with accompanying her old friend, Martha , as the latter seeks to commit euthanasia. Martha is a former war correspondent living with late-stage cervical cancer, who wants to die with a little dignity during one last vacation upstate.
As Moore explained during the panel, the process of working on this film was particularly moving because “all these people gathered together to make something—to prove that we’re not alone, to prove that we lived.” Considering the nature of the material, production was obviously quite emotional. Almodóvar himself was even moved to tears while filming one pivotal scene between the two actors.
Based on the reverence Swinton and Moore both clearly have for the director, chances are they would have more than understood his reaction. The two actors—who have as much chemistry onscreen as they do off—spent a good portion of the panel holding hands, demonstrating the director’s point that oftentimes, the personal really does bleed into the performance.
premieres in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 20, followed by a limited release on Christmas day. It will have a wider release January 2025.
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