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

Director:

Julio Medem

Writers:

Katherine Fugate (dialogue advisor)
Julio Medem (written by)
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Release Date:

7 May 2010 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Hotel Room | Hotel | Room | Sapphism | Breakfast

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

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

Directed by
Julio Medem

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Katherine Fugate		dialogue advisor
Julio Medem		written by
Julio Rojas		screenplay

Produced by
Pilar Benito	....	executive producer
Klara Beverly	....	co-producer
Álvaro Longoria	....	executive producer
Álvaro Longoria	....	producer
David Matous	....	co-producer
Julio Medem	....	executive producer
Cristina Zumárraga	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Jocelyn Pook

Cinematography by
Alex Catalán

Film Editing by
Julio Medem

Art Direction by
Montse Sanz

Set Decoration by
Vicent Díaz

Costume Design by
Carlos Díez

Makeup Department
Javier García	....	hair stylist
Patricia López	....	assistant makeup artist
Susana Sánchez	....	make-up and hair

Production Management
Cristina Zumárraga	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Óscar Marcos	....	second assistant director (as Oskar Marcos)
Sara Mazkiaran	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jorge Fisac	....	property master
Aitor Mendizábal	....	props
Juan Manuel Puerto	....	constructor (as Juan Puerto)
Tanja Wahlbeck	....	props (as Tania Wahlbeck)

Sound Department
Polo Aledo	....	sound editor
Juan Borrell	....	sound
Susana Castro	....	dialogue editor
Manuel Corrales	....	foley artist (as Manolo Corrales)
Nicolas de Poulpiquet	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mario González	....	foley recordist
Sergio Gómez	....	boom operator
Dámaso Hernández	....	boom operator
Javier Losantos	....	adr recordist
Javier Losantos	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Daniel Peña	....	ambiences editor
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby sound consultant

Visual Effects by
Bahar Cetin	....	digital compositor
Blas Galera	....	visual effects supervisor (as Blas Galera-Mompeán)
Ñaña González	....	visual effects artist
Pablo Hernández-Meléndez	....	visual effects artist
Isidro Jiménez	....	visual effects supervisor
Alberto Luceño	....	cgi artist
Javier López Casado	....	digital conform editor
Javier Martínez Calvo	....	graphic designer
Matías Nieto	....	visual effects photographer
Ramón Ramos	....	digital compositor
Thorsten Rienth	....	visual effects artist
Rafa Solorzano	....	visual effects supervisor
Carlos Trijueque	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Ariana Bonavia	....	digital imaging technician
Gonzalo Fernández	....	assistant electrician (as Gonzalo Fdez. de la Vega)
Juan Manuel García	....	electrician
Ángel Gómez	....	key grip
Isaías Ibáñez	....	gaffer
Diego López Calvin	....	making-of (as Diego López)
Diego López Calvin	....	still photographer (as Diego López)
Sergio Mantecón	....	assistant electrician
Saúl Oliveira	....	second assistant camera
José Manuel Reboul	....	electrician
Ramiro Sabell hijo	....	first assistant camera
Martín Sampedro	....	still photographer: poster
Martin Samper	....	still photographer
Juanjo Sánchez	....	steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sofía Medem	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Isabel Cano	....	post-production coordinator
Pascale Dillemann	....	post-production coordinator
Linda Krüger	....	assistant assistant editor
Nuria López	....	post-production coordinator
María José Martín	....	post-production director
Ximo Michavila	....	colorist
Yago Muñiz	....	assistant editor
Verónica Pérez	....	scanning and film recording
Silvia Torralba	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Natacha Atlas	....	voice
Tomeu Bibiloni	....	voice
Terry Davies	....	conductor
Laurence Jackson	....	soloist
Dado Jehan	....	additional arrangement (as Dado Dzihan)
Dado Jehan	....	additional music production (as Dado Dzihan)
Dado Jehan	....	music arranger: piano
Dado Jehan	....	musician: piano, accordion, guitar (as Dado Dzihan)
Lori Lixenberg	....	voice (as Loré Lixenberg)
Jon Opstad	....	copyist
Jon Opstad	....	musician: percussion
Melanie Pappenheim	....	voice
Steve Parr	....	music mixer
Steve Parr	....	music recording engineer
Jocelyn Pook	....	musical director
Ana Saboya	....	original song
Hilary Skewes	....	music coordinator

Other crew
Sergio Agüero	....	talent advisor
Marisa Castelo	....	legal advisor
Juan Antonio Clemente	....	location manager
Pascale Dillemann	....	press and festival coordinator
James Duggan	....	coach: English
Aoife Espinosa	....	assistant to director
Aoife Espinosa	....	coach
Cristóbal García	....	business affairs
Ximena García	....	coach
Silvia Gómez	....	production coordinator
Richard Hunter	....	coach: French
Walter Leonard	....	translator
Javier Martínez Calvo	....	title designer
Nacho Nolla	....	production staff
Maribel Osto	....	dubbing director
Sara Ramírez	....	production assistant
Gloria Soriano	....	script supervisor
Rosa Sánchez	....	dubbing director

Thanks
Polo Aledo	....	in memory of
Belén Atienza	....	thanks
Matías Bize	....	thanks
Ricardo Fernández-Deu	....	thanks (as Ricardo)
Vincent Maraval	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Morena Films
• Alicia Produce
• Canal+ España
• Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO)
• Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
• Intervenciones Novo Film 2006 Aie
• Televisión Española (TVE)
• Wild Bunch

Distributors

• Atlantis Entertainment (2010) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Spentzos Films (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Comstock (200) (Japan) (all media)
• First Distributors (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Imovision (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Kam & Ronson Enterprise Co (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Kam & Ronson Enterprise Co (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Optimum Releasing (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Orlando Films (2009) (Israel) (all media)
• Transmission (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• Wild Side Vidéo (2011) (France) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Pocas Nueces  production sound equipment provided by
• Southern Sun  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

"Habitación en Roma" - Spain (original title)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

English | Spanish | Italian | Russian | Basque | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:18 | Singapore:(Banned) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Norway:15 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Morena Films

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".

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Estrenos Críticos: Capitán Trueno (#1.20)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Loving Strangers

You either get it or you miss the point

Reading the reviews that other people have written it seems that people either 'get' this movie or they don't.

Some people just seem to see it as a pseudo-erotic softcore film starring a couple of naked chicks, whereas other people see it as a beautiful piece of cinematography.

If you're amongst the latter, cool, if you're the former you might be best sticking to Saw IV and the like :-) Room in Rome is a well thought-out, cleverly scripted, and beautifully shot film. Yes, it is highly erotic, but it is never seedy or smutty. Yes, it is romantic, but it is never sickly or sweet.

If you enjoy European cinema then you're probably going to love this film. If you don't then you're probably best giving it a miss.