‘The Human Voice’, a film by internationally acclaimed Spanish film maker Pedro Almodovar, is a story of a woman who has been abandoned by her lover without a reason and is not able to come to terms with it.

‘The Human Voice’ is the director’s first work in English. The protagonist is an actress played by the award winning Scottish actress Katharine Matilda (Tilda) Swinton. The film is closer to a feature than a short film. In thirty minutes Almodovar take his audience through a journey of a woman’s life where she is not able to come to terms with the realities of life. Based on Jean Cocteau’s one act play of the same name, Almodovar has tweaked this classic play to the modern times.

The set of the house is shown as a cinema theatre with sensual visuals and bright colours, a signature mark of Almodovar’s films. The film was shot in Madrid in Spain during the pandemic. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2020.

Tilda’s outstanding performance clubbed with the classic Almodovar’s sets with sensual colours is a treat to the audience. Added to it, the mesmerising music by Alberto Iglesias is as Tilda says in an interview ‘Virtual Reality’. The costume designer Sonia Grande needs a special mention especially about the lovely red dress worn by Tilda.

‘The Human Voice’ has been produced by Almodovar’s production house and rights acquired by Sony. A Pedro Almodovar film has all elements of the human voice like fantasy, grief, sorrow, sensitivity, hope and love.