I’m on my knees among the crisp brown crunch then stand in time to see two boys slim teens in shorts white t-shirts faces glowing talking quietly bounce of a tennis ball fading as they pass and I’m filled again with a crush of old sweetness at how giving a moment can be as it vanishes the roughened grey branches of the pear small knobby fingers flung out at every tip fresh clutch of weeds at my chest
Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
The Room Next Door (2024) tells the story of a terminal patient planning the end of her life and a long time friend who happens to cross her path after many years of detachment. The many questions, the moral dilemma, and especially the cornered position of both characters are striking. But boy how has Pedro Almodóvar evolved!