Beijing News, January 26, according to foreign media "Hollywood Report", Julian Moore and Tilda Swinton will co-star in Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's first English feature film "Next Door" Room". The film project marks Almodóvar's long-awaited English-language feature-length debut after several attempts over the years. According to the staff of the film, the film will be shot in New York and Madrid in the spring and is "a drama between mother and daughter."
Julian Moore, director Pedro Almodovar and Tilda Swinton will collaborate on the film "The Room Next Door."
Scottish actress Tilda Swinton starred in the English short film "The Human Voice" directed by Almodóvar in 2021. This short film was adapted from the one-act play of the same name and premiered at the Venice Film Festival that year. You can watch it Do is the director's first step into English-language feature films. Subsequently, he filmed the English short film "Strange Lifestyles" starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, which will be released at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. Almodóvar said that these short films were a testing ground for him to become more comfortable directing actors in English. Almodóvar was actually arranged to direct the English-language film "A Cleaning Lady's Handbook", adapted from the short story collection "A Cleaning Lady's Handbook" by the late American writer Lucia Berlin, starring Cate Blanchett, but Almodóvar will not be released in 2022 However, he withdrew from the film project this year.
The 74-year-old Spanish director Almodóvar is considered one of the greatest contemporary European directors. He directed the films "All About My Mother", "Say to Her" and "Pain and Glory" It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000, Best Director at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003, and Best International Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.
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