The Room Next Door

Ingrid (Julianne Moore), a New York based writer, finds out that her old friend Martha (Tilda Swinton) is terminally ill. Having not seen her for years, Ingrid pays Martha a visit that will bring them closer than ever before. Determined to end her life via an illicitly obtained pill, Martha asks Ingrid to be with her during her last days. In his first feature in English, Almodóvar recalibrates his classic themes and motifs with a newly invigorated grace. 
His universe is still rich in colours, costumes, design items, cultural references and other symbolic objects of desire. Yet THE ROOM NEXT DOOR also exudes a profound stillness reminiscent of the minimalist melancholy of the Edward Hopper paintings featured in the film. With simplicity and transparency, Almodóvar opens the door to a plethora of stories. They are about mothers and daughters, friendship as a form of love and kinship, sexual pleasure as shelter and escape, ageing and memories and the burden they both become. 
In homage to the legendary women leads from Ingmar Bergman’s PERSONA, Swinton and Moore, two icons of cinema and beyond, reflect on the nature of performance and art as something that transcends both life and death: acts of constant, liberating transformation (Evgeny Gusyatinskiy)

Ö1 breakfast film on October 22nd: Admission and coffee at 5.30 am and free breakfast-to-go after the screening! 

Pedro Almodóvar: LABERINTO DE PASIONES (1982), ENTRE TINIEBLAS (1983), MATADOR (1986), LA LEY DEL DESEO (1987), MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS (1988), ¡ÁTAME! (1989), LA FLOR DE MI SECRETO (1995), CARNE TRÉMULA (1997), TODO SOBRE MI MADRE (1999), HABLE CON ELLA (2002), LA MALA EDUCACIÓN (2004), VOLVER (2006), LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (2009), LA PIEL QUE HABITO (2011), JULIETA (2016), DOLOR Y GLORIA (2019), MADRES PARALELAS (2021)