The Room Next Door + GSFF Short (film)

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Ingrid (Julianne Moore), a best-selling writer, rekindles her relationship with her friend Martha (Tilda Swinton), a war journalist with whom she has lost touch for a number of years. The two women immerse themselves in their pasts, sharing memories, anecdotes, art, movies—yet Martha has a request that will test their newly strengthened bond.

Pedro Almodóvar’s finely sculpted drama, his first English-language feature, is the unmistakable work of a master filmmaker, a hushed and humane portrayal of the beauty of life and the inevitability of death, graced with incandescent performances by Moore and Swinton that tap the very essence of being.

Adapting Sigrid Nunez’s treasure of a novel, What Are You Going Through, Almodóvar has exquisitely reframed his career-long fascination with the lives of women for an American vernacular, capturing Manhattan and upstate New York with enraptured affection.

"Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton give luxuriously self-aware performances as two old friends who are reunited in a doggedly mysterious drama" **** The Guardian

Rated 12 (GSFF Short Rated 15+) | Screened in English with English subtitles | Running Time 107 min

We’re delighted to be partnering with the team at Glasgow Short Film Festival, bringing you a short before each of our February and March feature films!

Since 2008 Glasgow Short Film Festival has been the leading short film event in Scotland. GSFF hosts an inclusive community of filmmakers and film lovers, showcasing ground-breaking works of visual storytelling. They nurture and inspire diverse forms of cinematic expression, in Scotland and around the world.

The short before THE ROOM NEXT DOOR will be HEN DO

‭ Alia Ghafar / Scotland / 2023 / Fiction‬
‭ N/C 15+ / 2 min‬
‭ Comedy, Female Friendship, Wedding‬
‭ En-route to her hen weekend, bride-to-be‬
‭ Faye kills the vibe with a bombshell‬
‭ confession‬
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‭£5 General Admission