Ethan HawkeandPedro Pascalshare a conflicted romance inStrange Way of Life.
On Wednesday,the first trailerdebuted for the upcoming short drama film, which stars Hawke, 52, and Pascal, 48, as two men reunited after more than two decades amid a volatile Western backdrop.
“Twenty-five years earlier, both the sheriff and Silva, the rancher who rides out to meet him, worked together as hired gunmen,” his synopsis continues. “Silva visits him with the excuse of reuniting with his friend from his youth, and they do indeed celebrate their meeting, but the next morning Sheriff Jake tells himthat the reason for his tripis not to go down the memory lane of their old friendship….”
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Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal inStrange Way of Life/em> (2023).
“You never loved me — you never loved anyone in your life!” Silva yells at Jake, who immediately points a gun at the rancher’s face and whispers, “Don’t say that,” in the trailer.
Shortly after, an injured Jake is seen lying in a bed as Silva cares for him at his bedside.
“Years ago, you asked what two men could do, living together on a ranch,” Silva tells Jake. “I’ll answer you now.”
Almodóvar and the team behindStrange Way of Lifewill participate in a conversation surrounding the Cannes screening in May,Varietyreported.
Speaking withIndieWirelast June, Almodóvar described the story as “intimate” but hesitated to draw too big a parallel betweenStrange Way of Lifeand 2005’sBrokeback Mountain.
Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke inStrange Way of Life/em> (2023).
“The relation between these two guys is animalistic,” he told the outlet. “It was a physical relationship. The punch of the movie comes when they have to separate, and Heath Ledger discovers that he can’t think about leaving. That’s a strong discovery.”
“But until that moment, it is animalistic, and for me it was impossible to have that in the movie because it was a Hollywood movie,” Almodóvar added. “You could not have these two guys f—ing all the time.”
source: people.com
