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The Room Next Door / The Room Next Door
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 15th December
- 8.15 pm
- audi 1
Screening 2
- 17th December
- 8.30 pm
- tagore
Screening 3
- 18th December
- 6.00 pm
- Kairali
Pedro Almodóvar
Director's bio
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar (Calzada de Calatrava, September 25th 1949) left his small town for Madrid as a teenager to realize his dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Arriving with few prospects, he secured “proper” employment at the National Telephone Company of Spain, which allowed him to purchase his first Super 8 camera. For the next twelve years, Almodóvar split his time between this serious day job and crazy nights collaborating with theatre groups and punk bands, writing for underground magazines, and making short films with his friends. In 1980, after a year and a half of filming on a shoestring budget, Almodóvar made his feature length debut with Pepi, Luci, Bom. Since then, he has never stopped writing and directing films, which include the Academy Award winners All About My Mother and Talk to Her.
Synopsis
Ingrid and Martha 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.
Details of Cast
Julianne Moore as Ingrid Parker Tilda Swinton as Martha Hunt John Turturro as Damian Cunningham Alessandro Nivola as Policeman Juan Diego Botto as Photographer Melina Matthews as Lawyer Raúl Arévalo as Spanish Priest (Bernardo) Victoria Luengo as Fred's Wife Esther McGregor as Young Martha
Details of Crew
Cinematography: Edu Grau Editing: Teresa Font Music: Alberto Iglesias
Producer Details
Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García
Writer Details
Pedro Almodóvar, based on the novel "What Are You Going Through" by Sigrid Nunez
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