THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (CLOSING FILM)

SPAIN | 2024 | COLOR | DCP | 106’ | ENGLISH

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. In his first English-language feature film, Almodovar continues to praise women as a mysterious, unstoppable force, full of courage and empathy in the face of adversity. Expertly performed ode to friendship, powerful argument for the individual’s right to determine its own destiny, and a statement of faith in companionship as pure hope in a world increasingly devoid of it. Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival.

DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodóvar
SCREENWRITER: Pedro Almodóvar
DoP: Edu Grau
MUSIC: Alberto Iglesias
EDITOR: Teresa Font
PRINCIPAL CAST: Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola

PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
Major filmmaker of worldwide acclaim, born in Spain in 1949. Member of the culturally rejuvenating Madrilenian Movement, he started from the experimental theater. In 1974 he bought a Super-8 camera and soon delivered his first short. Two-time Oscar winner, holder of Directing and Screenwriting awards in Cannes & Venice film festivals, amidst a series of prizes in almost every major institution.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
2024 The Room Next Door
2019 Pain & Glory 
2011 The Skin I Live In 
2009 Broken Embraces 
2006 Volver 
2004 Bad Education 
2002 Talk to Her 
1999 All About My Mother 
1991 High Heels 
1989 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 
1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 
1987 Law of Desire