Best Of: Tilda Swinton / Adrien Brody

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🗓️ 11 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Tilda Swinton stars as a woman with cancer who decides she wants to end her life in the new Pedro Almodóvar film The Room Next Door. She asks a friend to stay with her for her last weeks. She spoke with Terry Gross about the role and her own experience bearing witness to the deaths of loved ones.

Also, we hear from award-winning actor Adrien Brody. He stars in the film The Brutalist as a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who seeks a fresh start in post-WWII America. Brody tells Tonya Mosley how drew from his mother and grandfather's experience as Hungarian immigrants for the role.

Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews the new Mike Leigh film Hard Truths.

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0:25.9	From W.HY.Y in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Dave Davies. Today, Tilda Swinton.
0:33.9	She stars in the new Pedro Almodovar film as a woman who has suffered from cancer and therapies haven't worked and now intends to end her life within a month.
0:43.4	She asks a friend, played by Julianne Moore, to stay with her during that time.
0:48.5	And we hear from Oscar and now Golden Globe Award winning actor Adrian Brody.
0:53.3	He stars in the film The Brutelist,
0:55.2	which just won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama. Brody plays a Hungarian Jewish
1:00.7	architect and Holocaust survivor who seeks a fresh start in post-war America. Brody drew from
1:07.0	his mother and grandfather's experience as Hungarian immigrants for the role.
1:12.0	Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews the new Mike Lee film Hard Truths.
1:17.2	That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.
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