Overview
- The film, which screened in Cannes’ main competition on Tuesday, drew a warm multi‑minute standing ovation from a packed Grand Théâtre Lumière.
- Reviews describe a layered autofiction about a filmmaker whose work blurs with life, raising sharp questions about using other people’s pain as material.
- Early write‑ups praise the performances, rich color design, and precise craft, while several label it a smaller late‑career entry rather than a new pinnacle.
- Sony Pictures Classics holds U.S. rights and plans a stateside release after the movie’s late‑March launch in Spain, where it has grossed about $3 million.
- Leonardo Sbaraglia and Bárbara Lennie lead a cast of Almodóvar regulars and new partners, with longtime composer Alberto Iglesias’ score drawing split notes, and the director extending his Cannes run without yet claiming the Palme d’Or.