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Room in Rome (2010)

Posted By: Mindsnatcher
Room in Rome (2010)

Room in Rome (2010)
Blu-ray | m2ts | AVC @ 48.0 Mbps, 23.976 fps | 1920 x 1080 | 1hr 47min | 21.2 GB
English DTS MA 6ch @ 1509 Kbps | Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama

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Room in Rome (2010)
Room in Rome (2010)
Room in Rome (2010)
Room in Rome (2010)
Room in Rome (2010)


Julio Medem's Room in Rome reminded me about Chilean director Matias Bize's wonderful En la cama (In Bed). In Bize's film a man and a woman meet in a bar and then spend the night together in a rundown motel. They make love, talk about their lives, most intimate desires and darkest secrets. In the morning, they part ways.

In Medem's Room in Rome two women meet in a bar somewhere in the Eternal City. We don't know how. We first meet them as they debate whether or not to spend the night together.

The women - both young and very beautiful - end up in an elegant hotel room where a terrific game of seduction begins. One of them has been with a woman before; the other hasn't. The inexperienced one is slightly nervous but certainly not uncomfortable. Eventually, the clothes come off.

Later on, the women begin talking. We learn that 'Alba' (Elena Anaya, Sex and Lucia, Hierro) is from Spain while 'Natasha' (Natasha Yarovenko, Negro Buenos Aires) is from Russia. This is their last night in Rome. We also learn that Natasha is a tennis player. Wait, no, she isn't. She is an actress who has come to Rome together with her twin sister to celebrate her future marriage to a man she has loved for years. But the two apparently had an argument, which is why Natasha ended up with Alba.

Alba was once married to a Saudi prince. But she ran away and ended up in Greece. Wait, that's not it. Actually, it was her mother that married the Saudi prince and ran away. Alba was born in Greece but raised in Spain. She fell in love with Edurne (Najwa Nimri, Lovers of the Arctic Circle) and for awhile life was beautiful. It is true. Alba has a video on her phone that proves it. But something terrible happened and Alba had to leave Spain.

Alba and Natasha make love again. Then they talk again and we learn that there is a lot more to their stories that they initially left out. Now everything makes sense. Soon Alba and Natasha will have to make important decisions that will change their lives forever. They should be happy - but are they?

Almost dawn. Natasha asks Alba to promise her that no one will ever learn about their one-night stand. Alba asks Natasha to close her eyes and imagine the two of them never leaving Rome, being happy, being forever in love. Suddenly, Cupid pierces Alba's heart with his arrow and she collapses.

Beautiful does not even begin to describe Medem's Room in Rome. The Spanish director's camera slowly moves around the elegant hotel room and then carefully observes the naked bodies of the two women as they make love and later on tell the stories of their lives. Each frame is incredibly elegant, each scene is gorgeous.

A lot could have gone wrong with Room in Rome - the sex could have been cheap looking and the dialog unbearable. Instead the story flows, each revelation making the next one that much more fascinating. Then there are the beautiful paintings in the room, suggesting how the one-night stand might end.

Anaya and Yarovenko's acting is outstanding. Their terrific range of emotions and fantastic character transformations are what make Room in Rome worth seeing.

Note: Earlier this year, Room in Rome was screened at the Malaga Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, and Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival.


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