La stanza del figlio (2001)

Director:

Nanni Moretti

Writers:

Nanni Moretti (story)
Nanni Moretti (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

9 March 2001 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.

Plot Keywords:

Diving | Psychoanalyst | Scuba Diving | Patient | School

Awards:

9 wins & 24 nominations

Cast

Nanni Moretti	...	Giovanni
Laura Morante	...	Paola
Jasmine Trinca	...	Irene
Giuseppe Sanfelice	...	Andrea
Sofia Vigliar	...	Arianna
Renato Scarpa	...	Headmaster
Roberto Nobile	...	Priest
Paolo De Vita	...	Luciano's Father
Roberto De Francesco	...	Record Store Clerk
Claudio Santamaria	...	Dive Shop Clerk
Antonio Petrocelli	...	Enrico
Lorenzo Alessandri	...	Filippo's Father
Alessandro Infusini	...	Matteo
Silvia Bonucci	...	Carla
Marcello Bernacchini	...	Luciano

Also Known As:

The Son's Room (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Giovanni (Italy) (working title)
La chambre du fils (France)
La habitación del hijo (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
O Quarto do Filho (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Комната сына (Russia) [ru]
Camera fiului (Romania) [ro]
Das Zimmer meines Sohnes (Germany) [de]
Ett rum i våra hjärtan (Sweden) [sv]
La chambre du fils (Canada: French title) [fr]
Ogul odasi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Pojan huone (Finland) [fi]
Pokój syna (Poland) [pl]
Sønnens værelse (Denmark) [da]
To domatio tou yioy moy (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:0 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Ancona, Marche, Italy

Company:

Rai Cinemafiction

Trivia:

Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2001 (#09)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Insieme a te non ci sto più

Outliving your child...

....is the worst thing that can happen to you.That's what Nanni Moretti tells in a story full of restrained emotion and a great sense of propriety.

The perfect family : a shrink,his attractive wife who's got a good job,two children with good prospects.Some cracks in the mirror ,hardly noticeable: the psychiatrist does not seem to care that much for his patients,his problems and theirs are worlds apart (best example: the patient who just leaned he'd developed lung cancer);he is proud of his son but we feel that he asks too much from him: in a sport game you MUST win.

When the tragedy occurs ,the father realizes that all that has not been said or done will never be.Maybe he shouldn't have treated his son that way .Maybe he should have kept him with him when he was jogging.There's a scene which many people will find unbearable :the moment when they place the boy in the coffin;nothing is spared the viewer and the sound of the nails finds only an equivalent in a similar scene in Maurice Pialat's "La Gueule Ouverte" (1972).The relationship with the patients dramatically changes too.Now what was finally a spoiled big child knows what it is to be in pain.

If they are keen on meeting the boy's first love ,it is that both the father and the mother want to cling to something in the present which can make their son come back for a short while.It's revealing that the three members' first moment of "happiness" happens in the car ,where the girl and her supposed boyfriend make up for the awful loss .

This is a deeply moving movie ,but for people with a strong heart.