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The Room Next Door
La habitación de al lado
2024 106 min Spain PG-13 12+
★7.2
Drama, Comedy
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
🎭 Based on
«What Are You Going Through»
bySigrid Nunez
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Description
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 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.
Budget:
$15M
US Gross:
$2.52M
Worldwide:
$21.52M
Starring
Julianne Moore
Actor
Tilda Swinton
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John Turturro
Actor
Awards
Goya Awards 2025
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Venice Film Festival 2024
— Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival 2024
— Brian of Nazareth Award
Golden Globe 2025
— Best Actress (Drama)
Goya Awards 2025
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Goya Awards 2025
— Best Director
Goya Awards 2025
— Best Production Design
Venice Film Festival 2024
— Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival 2024
— Brian of Nazareth Award
Goya Awards 2025
— Best Cinematography
Goya Awards 2025
— Best Original Score
Goya Awards 2025
— Best Costume Design
Goya Awards 2025
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Key opinion
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature offers a visually striking and restrained meditation on mortality, assisted dying, and friendship. While many critics praise the performances of Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore and the film's sophisticated aesthetic, opinions diverge sharply on whether its dialogue-heavy, theatrical style achieves emotional resonance or feels overly artificial and detached.
| Production | The film features meticulously crafted, vibrant production design that preserves the director's signature visual expressivity. | |
| Acting | Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore deliver strong, nuanced performances that anchor the film's exploration of companionship. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is viewed as either a thoughtful, mature exploration of euthanasia and human connection, or as an overly sterile, dialogue-driven script that sacrifices emotional depth for exposition. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing is polarizing; some find the calm, contemplative focus on conversation powerful, while others find it stiff, theatrical, and lacking cinematic momentum. |