Sometimes a film can have a lot of interesting things to say, but the way it says it be muddled.
“The Room Next Door” from director Pedro Almodovar is such a movie. It stars Julianne Moore as an author named Ingrid who reconnects with an estranged friend and former colleague. That individual is Martha (Tilda Swinton), who’s suffering from a terminal cancer.
As Ingrid visits Martha in the hospital and rebuilds their friendship, she learns that the woman wants to end her life on her own terms peacefully. Martha then asks Ingrid if she will keep her company in her final days at a vacation home, where Moore’s character can stay in the titular room next door.
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