With Room in Rome I was surprised how beautiful and natural the nudity and sex felt. Sure there's an erotic element to it, but it never has a feeling of it being rude or dirty, you know what I mean when you think about many of the sex scenes in Hollywood films. There are only a few scenes where sex is the focus, but I have to say it's all filmed and portrayed rather beautifully. It's perhaps here that I should point out just how much the film is about the sexual relationship between the two women, something that from watching the trailers and reading the blurb you might be expecting. Although they are confined to the room there's an interesting use of the laptop computer to expand the story and develop the conversations that are really the staple of the film. The characters don't just move around it but they interact with the pictures and the décor. There are some wonderfully composed shots with warm and intimate lighting that set a fantastic mood.Īnother strong aspect of the film is how the hotel room plays such an important role in the film. There are some really strong shots throughout and despite the location being confined to the hotel room the camera is still always moving and bringing out some new detail of the room.

The shot, which gives a great feel to the film from the beginning, sets the tone from here on out. When they enter the hotel the camera tracks back, surveys the room, and meets them as they walk into the room.

At the beginning we see the two ladies arrive outside the hotel and the camera carries out a seemingly impossible tracking shot which ends up leaning over the balcony and watching them from above.

The first thing you notice about the film is that the camera does not leave the hotel room. The night they spend together is peppered with moments of seduction but is mainly about the two girls edging through their brash exteriors and getting to know each other while exploring the lavish hotel room, all the time waiting for dawn to return them to their lives. They walk back to Alba's hotel and after a little bit of back and forth, Natasha concedes to going to her hotel room for a nightcap and it's there that Alba begins her seduction of Natasha, however Natasha hasn't been with a woman before and the attraction is something that is very new to her. Two ladies have met in the beautiful city of Rome and there's an obvious attraction.

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