VENICE, Italy | Spanish filmmaker Pedro Mr. Almodóvar returned to the Venice Film Festival with stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore on Monday. “The Room Next Door” will have its world premiere on the Lido in the evening.
Though a new Mr. Almodóvar film is always an event for cinephiles, this one has special significance: It’s his English-language debut.

“My insecurity disappeared after the first table read with the actresses, with the exchange of the first indications,” he wrote in his director’s statement. “The language wasn’t going to be a problem, …