Sony Pictures Classics released the first trailer for Pedro Almodóvar‘s ‘The Room Next Door,’ starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in the adaptation of the novel What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez. Watch the trailer above.
Here’s the official plot synopsis for The Room Next Door:
Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (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.
Almodóvar directed the film from a screenplay he wrote and produced through his company, El Deseo. He describes the film as “about a very imperfect mother and her resentful daughter, who live separate lives because of a profound misunderstanding.”
Almodovar also says “the film talks about the unlimited cruelty of wars” as well as how two writers tackle “reality…death, and how friendship and sexual pleasure can be the best allies to deal with horror. It also talks about the pleasure of waking up to birds bringing a new day at a house built on a natural reserve in New England.”
The film stars Swinton as Martha, Moore as Ingrid, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto, Melina Matthews, Raúl Arévalo, Victoria Luengo, Esther McGregor, Alex Høgh Andersen, and Alvise Rigo. Produced by Agustín Almodóvar and Esther García.
The Room Next Door will premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
The Room Next Door will hit theaters on December 20, 2024, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
