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After Returning to Spanish with ‘Bitter Christmas,’ Pedro Almodóvar Might Be Done with English-Language Movies

IndieWire·Nov 13, 2026 · 5:42 PM CT
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After the Cannes entry “Bitter Christmas,” an IndieWire critic bets that Pedro Almodóvar may be done making features in English and will return to Spanish, the language of the rhythmic dialogue that has defined his work since 1980. The piece notes that Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore handled translated English in “The Room Next Door,” but argues his voice is still most at home in Spanish. It is an essayist's forecast, not a formal announcement from Almodóvar.

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