“The Room Next Door” in the cinema: Don’t be afraid

There are films that you fall in love with months before they even come out in cinemas. Often it has to do with music. You wait for the trailer, and when it finally appears, you hold your breath for the first time. Strings dance rhythmically back and forth, a crystal clear wave of musical energy, almost a beat, Tilda Swinton opens her eyes, then a long note from a clarinet falls over the strings. A cello line that is beautiful enough to splinter begins, which is soon followed by a strengthening piano. Only nine seconds into the teaser trailer for “The Room Next Door” have passed and you can already feel a pang in your heart as a crying Juliane Moore and Tilda Swinton look through a window at the nighttime backdrop of Manhattan. Snow is falling outside.