Spanish director Pedro Almodovar makes his feature English language debut with The Room Next Door. Here’s the teaser trailer.
Pedro Almodovar has – of course – a hugely impressive filmography behind him, from his breakthrough film Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown to more recent successes like Volver, his highest grossing film worldwide to date.
After several English language short films, including Strange Way of Life starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke, Almodovar makes his feature English language debut with The Room Next Door.
The synopsis reads as follows:
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 cast also includes Alessandro Nivola, John Turturro, Alex Høgh Andersen, Melina Matthews, Juan Diego Botto, Victoria Luengo and Esther McGregor.
Almodovar directed the film from his own script, which he adapted from the novel What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez.
This week also marks the publication of The Last Dream, a collection of twelve short stories written by Almodovar. According to Penguin, the synopsis of the book reads as follows:
The Last Dream brings together for the first time twelve unpublished stories from Almodóvar’s personal archive, written between the late sixties and the present day. Delivering a tantalising glimpse into Almodóvar’s world, this wildly inventive collection reflects his most intimate obsessions, as well as his daring evolution as an artist.
Ranging from ‘The Last Dream’ – a beautiful chronicle of the death of Almodóvar’s mother – to a love story between Jesus and Barabbas;, a cult film director out in search of painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, the original story behind the film Bad Education, and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire, these stories delight and surprise.
The Last Dream is a celebration of the relationship between life and art, fiction and reality from an artist unafraid to write about our most intimate moments. It explores desire, mortality and the pain and glory of artistic creation, laced with playful humour and a deep love of literature and culture.
The Last Dream will be published on the 26th September.
The Room Next Door will be released in UK cinemas on the 25th October.
Watch the teaser trailer below:
