RIGA IFF: Blakusistaba

Pedro Almodovar
The Room Next Door
The Room Next Door
ES
2024, 107’, en
Recommended for ages 16+ Two girlfriends from the days of their youth. See you again in New York. Many years ago, when their paths parted, Ingrid became a successful autofiction writer, but Marta continued to anoint herself between various wars, the work of a reporter and turned away from her daughter. When Marta doesn't have much time left, and experimental cancer treatment worsens her condition, she is ready to bare her soul to Ingrid, whom she hasn't met in a long time. The conversation between the two brings back time, memories and ponders the future. Marta makes a special request, which she entrusts to her friend, and it separates life from death. Perhaps the twenty-third full-length of the Spanish classic Almodovar is a confession not only of the fear of leaving, but also of the high song red and blue and the dualistic puzzle of Ingmar Bergman "Persona" ( 1966). Also for mohair, alpaca and other wool fibers - the sweaters of Julianne Moore's and Tilda Swinton's characters are the third main character of the film. The tense crescendo of the melodrama genre with its honest, under-the-skin humor won the main "Golden Lion" award at the Venice Film Festival. Rolling up his sleeves and making his first full-length film in English, Almodovar bases it on color codes, visual storytelling, the camp or exaggeration close to him and the tandem of excellent actresses – he takes you through existential tremors, sweetened farce, acceptance of death and the symmetry of life, as Swinton's character suggests with a sigh Marta.

Recommended age: 16+
Screen language: English
Subtitle language: Latvian
Synonymous translation: none
Session duration: 107 min< br />Place for a wheelchair: yes

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