Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Teaser with Moore & Swinton
by Alex Billington
August 20, 2024
Source: YouTube
Meet Ingrid & Martha. Sony Classics has revealed a first look teaser trailer for The Room Next Door, the first ever English language feature from beloved Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. A few of his recent short films have been in English (including The Human Voice and Strange Way of Life) but this is the first feature that’s entirely in English; adapted from “What Are You Going Through” by Sigrid Nunez. The plot deals with the rift between two old friends Martha, a very imperfect mother and war correspondent, and the author Ingrid. They were close friends in their youth, working at the same magazine, but now they’re writing entirely different things and have drifted apart it seems. The drama stars Julianne Moore as Ingrid, and Tilda Swinton as Martha, with Alessandro Nivola, John Turturro, Alex Høgh Andersen, Melina Matthews, Juan Diego Botto, Victoria Luengo, and Esther McGregor. Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door is premiering soon at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in competition, and it will also screen at the New York & Toronto Film Festivals this fall. Of course this looks gorgeous, especially all snow drifting in the air.
Here’s the teaser trailer (+ poster) for Pedro Almodóvar’s film The Room Next Door, from YouTube:
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. The Room Next Door, also known as La habitación de al lado in Spanish, is directed by beloved Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, of the films including Dark Habits, Matador, Law of Desire, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, High Heels, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, Volver, Broken Embraces, The Skin I Live In, I’m So Excited, Julieta, Pain & Glory, The Human Voice, Parallel Mothers, and the short Strange Way of Life. The screenplay is also written by Almodóvar, adapted from the novel titled “What Are You Going Through” by Sigrid Nunez. It’s produced by Agustín Almodóvar. The film is premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in the Main Competition. It’s already set to open first in October in Spain. No US release date has been set – stay tuned. Look any good?
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