Natasha: Just remember, I like men.

Alba: But you like me.

Natasha: Yes... but I like men more.

Alba: You know, I know plenty women who once have tried it with a woman... and never want to go back to men.
Alba: Natasha, never before, in my whole life, I've known a love like this. Not this way. And it can't be for nothing.
Alba: So... what was your name?

Natasha: I told you twice already.

Alba: Maybe on the third time I get it.

Natasha: It's Natasha.

Alba: Natasha? Is that the name you said earlier?

Natasha: You're not saying it right. It's pronounced nah-tat-sha. "Sha".

Alba: Sha?

Natasha: Sha. And you are Alba which is Spanish for dawn.

Alba: That's my unique moment.
[after having sex for the first time]

Natasha: Alba? This stays here, okay? In this room.

Alba: Within these four walls... in Rome.

Natasha: Promise me... what we just did stays here between us.

Alba: But since we are here, let's have some fun.

Natasha: All I ask is that this doesn't affect my life.

Alba: And how do you do that?

Natasha: By agreeing... the two of us. I have a life outside of this room and I know you have a life you want to protect. Don't you?

Alba: Very far from years. By tomorrow, Rome will send us to each opposite end of Europe.
Natasha: [while having sex]

[in Russian; subtitled]

Natasha: Poor thing.

Alba: [in Spanish; subtitled] Where did you come from? How could you show up like this, without warning?

Natasha: [in Russian] I can't believe I'm doing this.

Alba: [in Spanish] What are you doing to me? You're scaring me, my little Russian.

Natasha: [in Russian] Is this me? Making love to a woman? I can't recognize myself.

Alba: [in Spanish] Your Russian sounds so beautiful.

Natasha: [in Russian] Only for you. I'm trembling with fear too.
[looking at herself in the bathroom mirror]

Natasha: [in Russian; subtitled] I'm sorry, Vadim, but I can never tell you about this. I know you have many secrets about where you've been and the many women you've been with. Now, I have a secret. But it's much further away then yours. I have now been with a woman. I know I'm not lesbian. I know I'm not attracted to other women. Why am I attracted to this one? I am so confused. You'll always have that... my reflection. This... it's mine alone.

Room in Rome Quotes

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Room in Rome short comments

Reid 2022-03-18 09:01:06

There is only one scene in the whole film, but the lens flows beautifully like water. It is a movie with erotic and gluttonous words running through. The meaning of the dialogue lies in the crisis of trust in the dew love relationship... The gay element is instead a foil.
Helmer 2022-03-21 09:02:56

6/10. The mirror is pushed from one side of the balcony to the other side of the room lying naked like water, and the heart-shaped light on the wall symbolizes the entangled psychology of knowing each other. The striking ancient Roman frescoes and the bedside Venus statue are cut many times to create the classical artistic beauty of the flesh. In the fantasy scene, Alba lies in a blood-stained bathtub, and Natasha helps her pull out Cupid's arrow to prove her love. The red, white and blue flags hung before breakfast represent the freedom/equality/fraternity pursued by the two heroines.