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

The satellite image for the fictional "Pompeo Hotel" is a fake, the image is photoshopped from the location 41°54'2" N 12°28'14" E. The place where the hotel in the movie is located is a empty street. The fictional island "Ostrov Nekrasov" is a photoshopped image from the location +54° 33' 31.23", +48° 49' 59.46". And Alba house is a photoshopped image from the location +43° 18' 50.30", -1° 59' 27.57".

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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: You know, I know plenty who once have tried it with a woman, never want to go back to men.

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Connections

Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: Capitán Trueno (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Upset"
Written by Lourdes Hernández (as Lourdes Hernández González)
Performed by Russian Red
©2009 by Lourdes Hernández González
Eureka Discos, S.L. / EMI Music Publishing Spain, S.A.

User Reviews

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Habitación en Roma (2010) was released in the U.S. with the title Room in Rome. The film was written and directed by Julio Medem.

The movie stars Elena Anaya as Alba, a Spanish woman who meets a Russian woman, Natasha Yarovenko (Natasha) in a bar in Rome, and brings her back to her hotel room. The plot of the movie consists of the time the two women spend together overnight in the room.

It was hard for me to decide whether this film was soft core porn with a plot attached, or a serious work of art with lots of nudity. Elena Anaya is extremely beautiful, and Natasha Yarovenko is impossibly beautiful, so it would be hypocritical to complain about the nudity per se. However, for a review like this, it's important to help other people know what type of film they should expect when they walk into the theater or push "play" for the DVD. Arguments could be made for both points of view about whether this is a "serious" film.

Alba and Natasha do have some serious discussions, and what starts out as superficial banter becomes more soul-searching as the night progresses. Whether the two women are changed forever by the encounter is something each viewer will have to decide.

We saw this film at the Cinema Theatre as part of the first-rate ImageOut: Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The presenter mentioned that, given the almost complete lack of clothes worn by either actor, Room in Rome was the festival film least likely to be nominated for Best Costume Design at the Academy Awards. (True, but in this case, less is more.)