Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Composer
Alberto Iglesias
Cast
Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro
Edition 2024
110'
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2024
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Drama
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Format:
DCP
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Dialogue:
English
Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language debut with The Room Next Door, an intense exploration of mortality and friendship featuring the dream duo of Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. The director of Oscar-winners Todo sobre mi madre and Hable con ella recently won the Golden Lion for the film, his first top prize at a major film festival.
In The Room Next Door, Pedro Almodóvar ventures into English-language cinema for the first time, presenting a poignant drama that transcends linguistic barriers. The film centers on Martha (Tilda Swinton), a former war correspondent facing terminal cervical cancer. In her final months, she reaches out to Ingrid (Julianne Moore), an old colleague from her reporting days. What ensues is a melancholic reunion set in a sleek, modernist New York home, where the two women navigate the complex terrains of friendship, loss, and reconciliation. Despite the film's somber premise, Almodóvar's English-language debut vibrates with vitality and resilience. This is not only due to Swinton and Moore’s formidable natural talent but also to cinematographer Eduard Grau’s ability to capture both vulnerability and splendor in his emotionally charged frames. In this meditation on death - and more profoundly, on the strength of life - Almodóvar has crafted a masterpiece that earned him the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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Credits
Directors
Pedro Almodóvar
Composers
Alberto Iglesias
Cast
Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro
Scenario
Pedro Almodóvar
Director of Photography
Eduard Grau
Editors
Teresa Font
Producers
Agustin Almodóvar
Production studios
El Deseo
Distributor
Alternative Films S.A.
More info
Dialogue
English
Countries of production
Spain
Screenplay based on
"What Are You Going Through" (Sigrid Nunez )
Year
2024
Filmography
Pedro Almodóvar
Film político (short, 1974), Dos putas, o historia de amor que termina en boda (short, 1974), La caída de Sódoma (short, 1975), Homenaje (short, 1975), El sueño, o la estrella (short, 1975), Blancor (short, 1975), Tráiler de 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' (short, 1976), Sea caritativo (short, 1976), Muerte en la carretera (short, 1976), Sexo va, sexo viene (short, 1977) Las tres ventajas de onte (short, 1977), Complementos (short, 1977), Salomé (short, 1978), Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! (1978) Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (1980), Labyrinth of Passion (1982), Dark Habits (1983), What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984), Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), High Heels (1991), Kika (1993), The Flower of My Secret (1995), Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Talk to Her (2002), Bad Education (2004), Volver (2006), The Cannibalistic Councillor (short, 2009), Broken Embraces (2009), The Skin I Live In (2011), I'm so Excited (2013), Julieta (2016), Pain and Glory (2019), The Human Voice (short, 2020), Parallel Mothers (2021), Strange Way of Life (short, 2023), The Room Next Door (2024)
Technical Specs
Format
DCP
