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    THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

    THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 
    Spain 

    SYNOPSIS

    Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha becamewar 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.

    CREDITS

    Written & directed by: Pedro Almodóvar 
    Produced by: Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García 
    Cinematography: Edu Grau 
    Editing: Teresa Font 
    Production Design: Inbal Weinberg 
    Costume Design: Bina Daigeler 
    Make-Up & Hair: Morag Ross, Manolo García 
    Original Score: Alberto Iglesias 
    Sound: Sergio Bürmann, Anna Harrington, Marc Orts 
    Visual Effects: Eduardo Díaz, Guilermmo Orbe 
    Casting: Eva Leira, Yolanda Serrano, Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Baron 
    Cast: Tilda Swinton (Martha), Julianne Moore (Ingrid ), John Turturro (Damian)

    STATEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR

    THE ROOM NEXT DOOR is my first feature film in English. My insecurity disappeared after the first table reading with the actresses, with the exchange of the first indications. The language wasn’t going to be a problem, and not because I master English, but because of the total disposition of the whole cast to understand me and to make it easy for me to understand them.
    People talk a lot in my films. Among all the narrative elements (all of them important and in which I am unreservedly involved), it is the actors who really tell the story. In THE ROOM NEXT DOOR Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore take 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.

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