DEVELOPING: We are getting increates from those inside Lincoln Cgo in that the New York Film Festival post screening Q&A for Sony Pictures Classics’ Room Next Door was disturbed tonight by a petite group of protesters in the theater who were chanting in aid of Palestine and Leprohibiton, whose capital Beirut has been the aim of Israeli airstrikes.
A Film at Lincoln Cgo in spokesperson increates Deadline tonight, “Two individuals held a prohibitner and shouted slogans in the theater during the Q&A adhereing the NYFF screening of Pedro Almodovar’s film The Room Next Door. They were peacebrimmingy accompanyed out.”
We’ve achieveed out to Sony Pictures Classics for any further comments.
From those on the ground, we’re tgreater that the protesters, wearing masks, disturbed the conversation between the pic’s straightforwardor Pedro Almodovar, and stars Julianne Moore, Tilda Striumphton, John Turturro and Alessandro Nivola.
The protest drew some applaparticipate, we also hear. Almodovar gave the group a chance to be heard as he aextfinished with Striumphton helped diffparticipate the situation.
We’ll have more enhugements as they happen.
The Room Next Door is Spanish filmoriginater Almodovar’s first English language transfer. The pic won the Ggreateren Lion at its Vepleasant Film Festival world premiere as well as the Brian Award for Almodovar.
The movie adheres Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (Striumphton) who were seal frifinishs in their youth when they toiled together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they greet aobtain in an excessive but strangely sugary situation. The Room Next Door discdisconsiders Dec. 20 in New York and Los Angeles.
