Room in Rome (Spanish: Habitación en Roma) is a 2010 Spanish erotic romantic comedy-drama film directed by Julio Medem starring Elena Anaya and Natasha Yarovenko, depicting the emotional and sexual relations of two women throughout a single night in a hotel room in Rome.
Flattered and tempted by Alba, Natasha responds to her sexual advances, but continues to maintain that she is straight and has never had sex with a woman.
Alba and Natasha share stories, periodically stopping to illustrate their points with pictures on the Internet, talk about the artwork in the hotel room, and explore each other's bodies.
Natasha reveals that her real name is Dasha who comes from a wealthy family living near Moscow and that she is actually a professional tennis player on vacation, and is to be married the following week in Russia, to a man.
Natasha's twin sister, Sasha, a model and career actress, phones her at least twice during the film to ask of her whereabouts and wedding plans.
Alba shows Natasha a video of herself and her life partner, named Edurne, who has two small children and who are of Basque origin.
After having sex a final time and then hanging the white bed sheet up a flagpole on the balcony of the room as a joke, the lovers decide to part ways, returning to their previous lives in Russia and Spain.
[9] Jonathan Holland of Variety described the film as a "typically challenging, potentially divisive item from Spanish auteur Julio Medem, and a partial return to form", but despite praising the acting and craft of the film Holland writes "there’s the sense that he’s more interested in his ideas than in his people.