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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Philip Oltermann European culture editor

Pedro Almodóvar says film-makers have a ‘moral duty’ to speak out against the far right

Pedro Almodovar with white hair and a white beard wears sunglasses, a green polo shirt, and a burgundy jacket
‘We have to act as a shield against this madness’ … Pedro Almodóvar at Cannes film festival. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images

Pedro Almodóvar has argued that film-makers have a “moral duty” to speak up about politics or they will enable the kind of stifling of free speech taking place in the US, warning that “Europe must never be subjected to Trump”.

Speaking at the Cannes premiere of his new film Bitter Christmas, the veteran Spanish director was responding to questions about previous comments in which he had remarked on a lack of protests at the Oscars earlier this year.

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