The book that accompanies Pedro Almodóvar's new film, the first of his career shot entirely in English, starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Based on the novel What Is Your Torment by Sigrid Nunez, the film won the Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and has received multiple nominations for the Goya Awards, the European Film Awards, and the Golden Globes, among other prestigious competitions.

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth. They worked at the same magazine, but Ingrid eventually became an autofiction novelist and Martha a war reporter. Life circumstances separated them, and after many years without contact, they meet again in New York, in a difficult yet strangely sweet situation. Martha, who has been a very imperfect mother and has been distancing herself from her daughter, suffers from a serious illness. Ingrid accompanies her for several months, while they talk about death, friendship, and sexual pleasure as good allies in the fight against the horror and cruelty of a world bent on advancing toward destruction.

This edition contains, in addition to the film's Spanish-language script, an epilogue written by Almodóvar himself, which captures his reflections on grief in a previously unpublished text. It is also illustrated in full color with stills from the film, images from the shoot, and excerpts from the storyboard. The Room Next Door is a book that serves as a perfect companion to the feature film.

Book Details

• Written by: Pedro Almodóvar
• Publisher: Reservoir Books
• Collection: Reservoir Narrative
• Language: Spanish
• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Product weight: 567 g
• Dimensions: 15.4 x 1.8 x 22.1 cm
• ISBN-10: 8410352575
• ISBN-13: 978-8410352575