THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, is legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s 23rd film but first English-language feature with “knockout” performances from Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, “both of whom are dazzling, even by their own brilliant standards” (BBC Culture review)
Two old friends once magazine journalists together in New York in the 1980s, forged successful careers, Ingrid (Moore) as best selling author, Martha (Swinton) as daredevil war correspondent who is now terminally ill and asks Ingrid to live in the room next door as she prepares to end her life herself. “Almodóvar spins a gorgeous, fragile tale of life and death” (Guardian 4 stars)
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