Flying high in Hackney: Pedro Almodovar gets back to comedy with I'm So Excited!

 
Pedro Almodovar at the Hackney Picturehouse
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3 May 2013
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Pedro Almodovar said his latest film, a comedy about a disastrous flight, is a metaphor for the situation in his home country.

The Spanish director appeared at a gala screening of I'm So Excited! at the Hackney Picturehouse in east London.

The film follows the crew and passengers on an aircraft as it makes its way to Mexico following a technical fault with the landing gears.

Almodovar said: "Going around in circles without knowing when you're going to land, making emergency landings and living with a sense of uncertainty and fear reflects the situation in Spain.

"This is a comedy so everything ends well."

I'm So Excited! is a return to Almodovar's early comedies and his first in more than 13 years following thrillers The Skin I Live In and Broken Embraces and mystery drama Bad Education.

"I wanted to go back to comedy but I didn't just want to make one because I know how to. But I'm very happy with this," he said.

Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, who have previously starred in Almodovar's films, make a cameo appearance in I'm So Excited!,

Almodovar also revealed that he is a keen flyer in spite of the problems featured in his new film

"I'm really scared about the speed but more in a car. In a plane, I feel completely calm. I can concentrate very much - I write and read a lot so it is a very comfortable place for me. I'm a boring companion because I don't talk."

I'm So Excited! opens in cinemas on May 3.

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