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Almodóvar May End English Films After 'Bitter Christmas'
Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodóvar hints at quitting English-language movies after 'Bitter Christmas'.
In brief
Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodóvar hints at quitting English-language movies after 'Bitter Christmas'. Pedro Almodóvar may stop making English-language films after his Oscar-winning 'Bitter Christmas' due to challenges with English production. Originally reported by IndieWire.
Almodóvar's Oscar Win
Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar returns with 'Bitter Christmas' after decades of Spanish-language films.
“There is not any law that creates the limits of the autofiction.”
English Production Challenges
Almodóvar says Spanish production is more immediate and culturally familiar than English-language filmmaking.
“In Spain everything is much more immediate, and also it is my language, it’s my culture.”
Future English Films
Almodóvar may make only small-scale English films, but he likely won't shoot another major English-language movie.
“I don’t find myself, anymore, capable of dealing with a production that is chaotic with a lot of people and a lot of characters.”
The one thing
Pedro Almodóvar may stop making English-language films after his Oscar-winning 'Bitter Christmas' due to challenges with English production.
