IFP- Acclaimed Iranian director Farhadi, the two-time Oscar-winning director of The Salesman and A Separation, has confirmed his next film will start shooting in Spain in September, with a cast including Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. It should be ready for next year.

However, Farhadi revealed the high-profile, real-life couple will �not necessarily� play an on-screen couple in the Spanish-language feature.

�Once again there are different couples in my film, not only one,� Farhadi told Screen, of what is a recurring theme of his work.

�The film is again about family and family relationships. But there are also some new aspects in it. Yes [Cruz and Bardem] are in the film but they are not necessarily a couple in the film.�

The non-Spanish speaker said he has written the script for the new film in Farsi and it has been translated into Spanish. �I don�t speak Spanish,� he explained via a translator. �But I have time between now and the shoot to at least become more familiar with the music of the film and do my best.�

The filmmaker, who previously shot The Past in French, said making the film in a foreign language wouldn�t compromise his vision.

�I don�t feel the change of language changes your voice,� he suggested. �[My voice is an] empathy with all the characters, a level of compassion that is general.�

As with all Farhadi�s films, few further details are known about the new feature, except that it is being produced by Pedro and Agustin Almodovar�s El Deseo and sold by Memento Film.