Pedro Almodovar’s “The Room Next Door,” starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, has released a visually sumptuous teaser — it’s pure vibes. Set up for U.S. December release, from the score to the photography to the production design, this very much looks like an Almodovar.
Although no dialogue is heard in the teaser, “The Room Next Door” is set to be Almodovar’s first English language feature. He prepared by making two short films in English (“The Human Voice” and “Stranger Way of Life”).
Based on Sigrid Nunez’s novel, “The Room Next Door” follows the story of “Martha, a flawed mother working as a war reporter, and Ingrid, her spiteful daughter who is an auto-fictional novelist. While the mother and daughter are separated by a serious misunderstanding, another woman is the keeper of their pain and bitterness.”
Almodóvar has had a storied filmmaking career since his 1980 debut “Pepi, Luci, Bom.” His most notable works include “Talk to Her,” “The Skin I Live In,” “Pain and Glory,” “Broken Embraces,” and “Women on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown.”