PREMIERE Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. Written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
Venice Film Festival – Won: Best Film, Premio Brian
Golden Globes – Nominated: Best Female Actor
European Film Awards – Nominated: Film, Director, Actress, Screenwriter
Feroz Awards – Nominated: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score
It’s a lovely, haunting work from a filmmaker decades into a singular career and clearly feeling ever more conscious of his own mortality. -Wall Street Journal
The Room Next Door is not a dour film. In fact, it’s rather optimistic, celebrating the beauties of life and meaningful connection in the face of death with a thoughtful, pensive tone. -Entertainment Weekly
A hothouse Spanish shrub transplanted to stony foreign soil. It wilts and it droops; it almost gives up the ghost. Then when it flowers it feels like a small miracle. The film’s very fragility is what makes it so gorgeous. -Guardian
Swinton and Moore imbue the movie with heart that at first seems elusive, along with the dignity, humanity and empathy that are as much Almodóvar’s subjects here as mortality. -Hollywood Reporter
The film gets better as it goes along. Moore in particular brings a welcome warmth to the screen as the empathetic Ingrid, bolstered by the gentle presence of John Turturro. -Financial Times
‘PG-13’ 107min
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