From 11 December 2024
The Room Next Door
The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodóvar / Spain, USA / 2024 / 107 min / English
Screenings
Tuesday, 24. 12. 2024 / 19:00 / Main Hall
Wednesday, 25. 12. 2024 / 20:00 / Main Hall
Thursday, 26. 12. 2024 / 18:10 / Main Hall
Friday, 27. 12. 2024 / 15:20 / Main Hall
Saturday, 28. 12. 2024 / 18:30 / Main Hall
Sunday, 29. 12. 2024 / 21:40 / Main Hall
Monday, 30. 12. 2024 / 20:50 / Main Hall
Wednesday, 01. 01. 2025 / 20:10 / Main Hall
Thursday, 02. 01. 2025 / 18:30 / Main Hall
Friday, 03. 01. 2025 / 18:30 / Main Hall
Saturday, 04. 01. 2025 / 18:40 / Main Hall
Sunday, 05. 01. 2025 / 16:40 / Main Hall
Monday, 06. 01. 2025 / 15:50 / Main Hall
Tuesday, 07. 01. 2025 / 18:10 / Main Hall
Pedro Almodóvar won the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival for his first English-language feature, dealing with the controversial topic of euthanasia.
cast Tilda Swinton (Martha), Julianne Moore (Ingrid), John Turturro (Damian Cunningham), Alex Høgh Andersen, Alessandro Nivola, Esther McGregor, Melina Matthews, Juan Diego Botto, Victoria Luengo
festivals, awards Venice 2024 (Golden Lion), Toronto 2024, New York 2024
IMDb
Ingrid and Martha have been close friends since their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter. Eventually, they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme situation. Martha is in the hospital fighting a battle with cancer. Her illness is serious: she’s undergoing a highly experimental immunotherapy treatment, but her chances are slim. She wants to find a house upstate and end her life in peace – but she wants Ingrid to come with her, and to be in the room next door when it happens.
"People talk a lot in my films. Among all the narrative elements, it is the actors who really tell the story. In The Room Next Door Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore carry the weight of the whole film on their shoulders, and they are a spectacle. I have been fortunate in that both give a veritable recital. At times during shooting, both the crew and I were on the verge of tears watching them. It was a very moving shoot and, in some way, blessed." (Pedro Almodovar)
