The Room Next Door (2024) (original) (raw)

Successful New York novelist Ingrid learns her old friend Martha, a war correspondent she knew years ago, is dying of cancer. After they reconnect, Martha asks Ingrid for an unusual and deeply personal favor.

Successful New York novelist Ingrid learns her old friend Martha, a war correspondent she knew years ago, is dying of cancer. After they reconnect, Martha asks Ingrid for an unusual and deeply personal favor. (less)

Director: Pedro Almod�var
Writers: Pedro Almod�var, Sigrid Nunez
Starring: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto, Ra�l Ar�valo
Producer: Agust�n Almod�var

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 3, 2024

7 / 10

Hope is elusive in �The Room Next Door,� which returns writer/director Pedro Almodovar to one of his cinematic obsessions: death. The film is an adaptation of a 2020 novel (�What Are You Going Through�) by Sigrid Nunez, examining the relationship between two longtime friends and the strain involved when plans for euthanasia are introduced for one of them. Almodovar doesn�t craft a hard-hitting study of medical decline with the picture, still remaining true to his melodramatic interests and love of cinematic craftsmanship, retaining the power of sight and sound in the feature. �The Room Next Do ...read more...

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