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The Room Next Door (2024)

The Room Next Door poster
Original title
La habitación de al lado
Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 684 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two close friends face a terminal illness together. One woman decides to end her life on her own terms, and the other agrees to stay by her side.

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What happens

The Room Next Door (Spanish: La habitación de al lado) is a 2024 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, in his English-language feature debut, based on the 2020 novel What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez. Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star with John Turturro and Alessandro Nivola in supporting roles. The plot follows the relationship between two close friends (Swinton and Moore) as the former faces the prospect of ending her life due to terminal illness. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2024, where it won the Golden Lion, a first for a Spanish film. It was released theatrically in Spain on 18 October 2024 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It won three Goyas (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score) at the 39th Goya Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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