The director's return to the Cannes Film Festival has some redemption and even refutation of himself. 'Strange way of life', with a distant inspiration in the fado of Amalia Rodrigues, is the story of two men (Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal) who meet again.
The 'western' plates a seamless masculinity and a love of the land that could even be understood as environmentalist. But yes, there is also a change that is a symptom of the new 'western': the female characters are much more macho than them.