The drama starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton will premiere in the United States on October 4.
The movie of Pedro Almodovar Next room will be the centerpiece of the 62nd New York Film FestivalFilm at Lincoln Center announced Thursday.
The drama starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton will make its U.S. debut in October at Alice Tully Hall. It is the Spanish author’s first English-language feature film.
What is The Next Room about?
In Next roomset in Manhattan and upstate New York, Moore plays Ingrid, a writer who reunites with her war journalist friend Martha (Swinton). According to the description provided by Film at Lincoln Center, “The two women delve into their past, sharing memories, anecdotes, art, films, but Martha has a request that will test their newly strengthened bond… (The film is) a quiet, human portrait of the beauty of life and the inevitability of death.” In addition to directing, Almodóvar wrote the screenplay, an adaptation of the novel Sigrid Núñez “What’s going on?”.
“I am thrilled that ‘The Next Room’ will be the centerpiece of the New York Film Festival,” Almodóvar said in a statement. “This festival has been my bridge to New York audiences for decades, so it seemed natural to me that the two leads would go to see a film at Alice Tully Hall in one of the scenes of the film. It was very emotional for me to shoot in a place that holds such dear memories for me, and where I hope to continue to cherish them in the not-too-distant future.”
Next room It is Almodóvar’s fifteenth film to be included in the festival selection. Women at the edge of a nervous attack It was selected for opening night in 1988, followed over the years by iconic films such as All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Come Back, Bad Education and Broken HugsNine Almodóvar films have had gala presentations, a record for the festival.
“Few filmmakers are as closely associated with the New York Film Festival as Pedro Almodóvar, and it is a real pleasure to present his first English-language feature as this year’s central selection,” said Dennis Lim, artistic director of the New York Film Festival, also in a statement. “The Next Room is the work of an artist at the peak of his powers: a wise, exquisitely acted and achingly beautiful film that seems perfectly calibrated for this moment.”
Almodóvar’s latest project joins the previously announced Opening Night selection, Nickel Boysof RaMell Rossand Blitzof Steve McQueenthe Closing Night movie.
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