Almodovar adapts "The Human Voice" with Tilda Swinton -

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  • This thirty-minute film is inspired by a monologue written by Jean Cocteau.

  • Tilda Swinton is imperial in this work where we recognize the colors of Pedro Almodovar.

  • The poetry of this feminist tale makes it magnificent.

A little poetry in a brutal world.

La Voix humaine

, a monologue written in 1929 by Jean Cocteau, has a new lease of life.

It is Pedro Almodovar (behind the camera) and Tilda Swinton (in front) who offer a sublime version of this work available this Friday on DVD and VOD.

This short film of about thirty minutes, in which a woman on the phone expresses her way of thinking about the man who left her, is not like a filmed play.

The Spanish director and the British actress, who are collaborating here for the first time, explain it in the interview offered in addition to the DVD.

Woman having a nervous breakdown

“I like the idea of ​​surprising,” said Pedro Almodovar during a virtual intervention at the New York Film Festival.

This film looks like me without being like what I usually do.

He offers Tilda Swinton an overwhelming role that she plays with musical instrument sensibility.

"I knew that he would make an Almodovar film of it and that he would bring his vision to Cocteau's text", specifies the actress during the same interview.

Tilda Swinton cannot be blamed.

The shimmering colors to highlight the pain of a neglected woman like the play between theater and cinema are delectable for the eyes as for the ears.

The filmmaker's cinematic passion for his actress is evident in every shot.

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Whether she tries to set the scene on fire or hounds the infidel's costume with an ax, Imperial Tilda Swinton reigns over the film.

This new version of

The Human Voice

shows that the Madrid director is still just as good at making women talk.

(Pathé, € 12.99).

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