Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, the film stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore
Pedro Almodovar's new feature film The Room Next door won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and it was truly deserved. The film is striking due to the vivid colors and the great performances by Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, and talks about controversial subjects such as life and death. In addition to being his first feature film in English and with an exquisite script, the film also talks about art and is truly beautiful, it was for me my favorite of the Rio Festival so much so that when I returned to São Paulo I went to the film booth to review it, the film arrives in theaters from October 24th and is a chromatherapy of welcome It's a strong contender for the major awards
About the movie
Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were very close friends during their youth, when they worked together on the same magazine. While Ingrid became a writer, Martha pursued a career as a war reporter and life circumstances separated them. After years of no contact, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation
“I hope to have lived with dignity and I hope to die with dignity” - Antônio Cícero
One of the best films of the year for me and one that brings up themes about life and death, with the added bonus that this week we lost the great poet, writer and ABL member Antônio Cícero to an assisted euthanasia after the progress of Alzheimer's disease, who left a farewell letter saying “I hope I have lived with dignity and I hope to die with dignity”, which I think is a counterpoint to what is also shown in the film, having a dignified death without pain, even if it is in a way that is outside the stipulated standards.
Chromotherapy in the Room next door
I really like Pedro Almodóvar because he uses a lot of colors and vibrant colors to give more emphasis to his storytelling and in The Room Next Door it was no different, although the theme of the film refers to something colder, depressing, in the film the use of colors as an art form is sublime, poetic and that welcomes us in relation to the connection between the two characters Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton).
According to studies, it is possible to transform the way people look at life and their daily lives through the colors of the environment in which they live or work. This is because colors are able to be interpreted by the brain in such a way as to influence it to take on corresponding sensations. That's why, as they spread through an environment, they can have healing or calming effects.
For example, warm colors such as red, orange, yellow and earthy red tones are stimulating because they have higher vibrational energy, making us more active and alert. Blue, green and lilac, on the other hand, are cooler colors and bring us feelings of calm and relaxation and this is really seen in the film, it's so beautiful, it's like seeing an oil on the canvas.
and this is coupled with dialogues and a narrative that are so well framed and with two great actresses who are Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton showing that their characters who are long-time friends but who haven't seen each other for a long time that when they meet again everything good comes back and that along comes complicity, acceptance and understanding about their moments in life.
Tilda Swinton, who has an exotic androgynous beauty but a sweetness in her voice, was really an excellent choice to play Martha and Julianne Moore, with her beauty and red hair, brings this counterpoint with her Ingrid. Both are excellent in the film but Tilda really looks fantastic and I already predict nominations for Best Actress at various awards. In addition, the film is strongly in the running for nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (since it's based on a book) and Best Art Direction and Editing.
The movie is as rich in everything it shows but at the same time as contemplative as the snow that falls on people - a bittersweet movie that has beauty in everything from start to finish. It's well worth seeing more than once in theaters or at home.
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