Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Will Both Campaign for Lead Actress Oscars for ‘The Room Next Door’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comClayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Will there be room for two Oscar winners from the same movie this awards season? Pedro Almodóvar’s exciting melodrama “The Room Next Door” is riding high after winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and Sony Pictures Classics is preparing for an aggressive awards campaign for the film.
Variety has learned exclusively that the movie’s two Oscar-winning stars, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, will be positioned for lead actress consideration in the upcoming awards season.
In addition, co-star John Turturro is set to campaign for his first Oscar bid in the best supporting actor category. The film is adapted from Sigrid Nunez’s novel “What Are You Going Through” and tells the story of two women — war correspondent Martha, played by Swinton, and author Ingrid, portrayed by Moore — who reunite after many years under emotionally charged circumstances.
The nuanced performances and intimate narrative have garnered critical acclaim. Variety’s chief film critic, Owen Gleiberman, writes: “‘The Room Next Door,’ as driven by the scalding humanity of Swinton’s performance, lifts you up and delivers a catharsis.” Read: You can see all Academy Award predictions in all 23 categories on one page on the Variety Awards Circuit: Oscars Moore is an Academy favorite, winning best actress for the heartbreaking 2014 Alzheimer’s drama “Still Alice” (2014), which was another Sony Pictures Classics project.
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