The Spanish director chose a special location to record “The Room Next Door”, his latest work starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.
“The room next door” is the name of the latest movie Pedro Almodovarwhich had great success at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. This is the first film in english by the renowned Spanish director and premiered on October 18 in his native country.
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One of the details to highlight in Almodóvar’s work is the choice of location, since he leaned towards an architectural piece that is not seen every day, with a perfect mix between artificial and natural.


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What the mansion in Almodóvar’s latest film looks like
The film was shot in the Szoke Housean impressive property located in San Lorenzo de El Escoriala municipality in the Community of Madrid. This was built between 2018 and 2020 by María José Aranguren and José González Gallegosboth owners of a studio that they share.
This house stands out for its natural environment, which is provided by the La Herrería forest within Monte Abanto. Likewise, from the outside you can see a construction that harmoniously dialogues with the nature that surrounds it, and that is divided into three large spaces.
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On the other hand, it was known that this mansion acclimatizes according to the seasonsince on the one hand it faces the south to take advantage of solar radiation during the winter, while it leans towards the northeast to receive the breeze provided by the forest during the summer.
There is no doubt that this place plays a fundamental role in the story that Almodóvar tells and that it functions at the same time as a narrative element.
What The Room Next Door is about, Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film
Martha and Ingrid They are the two protagonists of “The Room Next Door.” Both were friends when they were young and they worked together on a magazine, although time took them on separate paths. One became a fiction novelist, while the other worked as a war correspondent..
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Despite not seeing each other for many years, an extreme and at the same time sweet situation brings them together again. There the story takes place, where they must deal with their past traumas.
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