The Room Next Door (15)

Ingrid and Martha became close friends while working together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

This is Almovadar’s first English language film. It is a powerful exploration of euthanasia, where Ingrid (Tilda Swinton) asks her old childhood friend, Martha (Julianne Moore), to stay with her until Ingrid decides she is ready to die. When she has made that decision, she will close her bedroom door which is nextdoor to her friend’s. The repercussions following her death are in line with the current debate in this country on assisted dying.

It won the Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival 2024.

English. 107m. Directed by Pedro Almavodar.