Room in Rome (2010)
"Habitación en Roma" (original title)

A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.

Director:

Julio Medem

Writers:

Katherine Fugate (dialogue advisor), Julio Medem,

Stars:

Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Elena Anaya	...	Alba
Natasha Yarovenko	...	Natasha
Enrico Lo Verso	...	Max
Najwa Nimri	...	Edurne
Ander Malles	...	Niño
Laura Meizoso	...	Niña

Storyline

A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel room | hotel | room | sapphism | breakfast | 

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Taglines:

Una noche de pasión que cambiará sus vidas (One night of passion that will change their lives)

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es]

Country:

Spain

Language:

English Spanish Italian Russian Basque Arabic

Release Date:

7 May 2010 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Room in Rome

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morena Films, Alicia Produce, Canal+ España

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Alba tells Dasha that her two-wheeled vehicle is called the "Aspasia," Dasha smiles and says she knows after whom it was named. Aspasia was the lover (and maybe wife) of Pericles, the leader during Athen's Golden Age in the Fifth Century B.C. when the arts flourished and the Parthenon was built.

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Goofs

In what's meant to be the same scene shown from two different angles, when Natacha's sat on the balcony, she can be seen from the bathroom, but not vice versa where there's a curtain in the way and it's clearly a separate set as there's no trace of the bedroom.

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Quotes

Alba: Natasha, never before, in my whole life, I've known a love like this. Not this way. And it can't be for nothing.

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Connections

Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: Capitán Trueno (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Loving Strangers"
Written by Lourdes Hernández (as Lourdes Hernández González)
Performed by Russian Red
©2007 by Lourdes Hernández González
Eureka Discos, S.L. / EMI Music Publishing Spain, S.A.

User Reviews

Nothing special, yet beautiful and touching

There is no real reason why I should like this film. There are literally hundreds of films like this. Two people who've never met each other before fall in love over night and it's all because of coincidental circumstances. We've seen it before, a thousand times.

Despite this, I enjoyed this film. The reason it works so well is simply because the main characters have true chemistry. You really believe that they are in love with each other, and since this is the whole premise of the film, combined with perfect casting and acting, it feels real. The actors aren't acting, they ARE the characters.

I've never been that much for romantic/erotic dramas like this. I have always tried to convince myself that they are boring and pointless. But over the years I've discovered that I love these kind of films. I will never confess it to my friends, though.

There is a lot of dialogue in this film, but it's rarely dull, and once again it's because of the chemistry between the characters. That chemistry is the whole film, and it makes up for the random cuts and unnecessary transitions that are placed throughout the film.

There is also a certain pattern in the film ("talk, sex scene, talk, sex scene, talk...", and so it goes), but it never occurred to me until a few days after I had seen the film. Whether it's good or bad, I don't know. It doesn't affect my opinion regarding this movie anyway.

If you enjoy laying on your couch on a stormy autumn day and watch romantic dramas, then this movie is pretty good. If you're not a fan of these kind of films, I'd still say give it a chance.