THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
Director/Writer: Pedro Almodovar
Produced by: El Deseo
NYC Casting: Geraldine Barón
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto, Raúl Arévalo, Victoria Luengo, Alex Hogh Andersen, Esther McGregor
Ingrid (Julianne Moore), a best-selling writer, rekindles her relationship with her friend Martha (Tilda Swinton), a war journalist with whom she has lost touch for a number of years. The two women immerse themselves in their pasts, sharing memories, anecdotes, art, movies—yet Martha has a request that will test their newly strengthened bond. Pedro Almodóvar’s finely sculpted drama, his first English-language feature, is the unmistakable work of a master filmmaker, a hushed and humane portrayal of the beauty of life and the inevitability of death, graced with incandescent performances by Moore and Swinton that tap the very essence of being. Adapting Sigrid Nunez’s treasure of a novel, What Are You Going Through, Almodóvar has exquisitely reframed his career-long fascination with the lives of women for an American vernacular, capturing Manhattan and upstate New York with enraptured affection.
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
NYFF62 Centerpiece selection.
A Sony Pictures Classics release.
SELECTED PRESS
Interview Magazine
Vogue
Another Mag
Elle (Julianne Moore & Tilda Swinton)
Elle (Pedro Almodovar)
Vulture
The Guardian
Hollywood Reporter
BBC
Slant
Roger Ebert