The Room Next Door Review | A Beautiful Time to Die with Pedro Almodvar

The Room Next Door is a sharp, solemn, and darkly funny English-language feature-length debut by filmmaker Pedro Almodvar. As it stands, his last two titles the short films The Human Voice (2020) and Strange Way of Life (2023) were also shot in English. And if they were teasers to a new level for Almodvar, then The Room Next Door is a veritable confirmation of many more exciting things to come from the Spanish writer and director, who is now in his 50th year behind the camera. His film, which just made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, contemplates death, perhaps even embraces it, but in doing so, Almodvar effectively underscores the need to embrace life and joy.

The Room Next Door is a sharp, solemn, and darkly funny English-language feature-length debut by filmmaker Pedro Almodvar. As it stands, his last two titles the short films The Human Voice (2020) and Strange Way of Life (2023) were also shot in English. And if they were teasers to a new level for Almodvar, then…

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