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Pedro Almodóvar and New Muses Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Land Unbelievable 17-Minute Venice Standing Ovation for ‘The Room Next Door’


Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton's new film, 'The Room Next Door' directed by Pedro Almodóvar, received an astounding 17-minute ovation at Venice.

Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton stunned Venice Film Festival on Monday night with the premiere of Pedro Almodóvar ‘s “The Room Next Door,” which received a 17-minute standing ovation, the longest of the 2024 edition so far. Marking Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, “The Room Next Door” stars the two Oscar winners as Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (Swinton), who were close friends in their youth when they worked at the same magazine. Almodóvar’s past projects to premiere at Venice also include 1983’s “Dark Habits”; 1988’s “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” which won the best screenplay award; and his 2020 short film “The Human Voice” starring Swinton.

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