A very different approach by Director Pedro Almodovar ( my favorite movies The skin I live in Tie me up! Tie me down! Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown what Have I done to Deserve This....) in making 30 minute short film The Human Voice and shown after another short film 30 min long Strange Way of Life. Tilda Swinton (greta acting in movie We need to talk about Kevin) as a woman who is abandoned by her lover/boyfriend/husband and on the phone for 30 minutes (in a monologue )dissecting her relationship and fear of being left behind by a man she trusted and had faith to be eternal partners in journey of life is awesome. Tilda Swinton pacing up and down the room , describing their dog's reactions to not having Master of the house at home and she herself feeling abandoned is authentic. Facial expressions and her tone and language indicate misery, loneliness, fear of the unknown life ahead of her. Pedro Almodovar has mastered the difficult art of understanding a woman and has done great work even in the past. This short film was great every moment and script is awesome. All that movie needed was a great Director , great acting and excellent script. All 3 major ingredients of the short film made it awesome 30 min for me.
Review of The Human Voice
