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Pedro Almodóvar attacks Trump as ‘catastrophe’ in New York speech

Spanish director compared the US president to Franco and said he wondered whether it was appropriate to visit country while he is in power

The director, who shot scenes from his most recent release, The Room Next Door, outside the auditorium where he was speaking, compared his experiences growing up in Franco’s Spain with life under Trump in today’s US. Waters called Almodóvar “the best film-maker in the world” while Lipa praised his ability to “just completely normalise trans and gay roles or storylines, something that feels these days like quite a radical act”. Earlier this week, Karla Sofía Gascón, the Spanish actor who became the first trans star nominated for an Academy Award, expressed her hesitation about returning to the US.

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