La stanza del figlio (2001)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Nanni Moretti

Writers:

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

Release Date:

9 March 2001 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Psychoanalyst | Diving | Scuba Diving | Funeral | Family Relationships

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:

Giovanni (Italy) (working title)
La chambre du fils (France)
The Son's Room (International: English title)

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:

By This River

A (near) masterpiece!

What can I say except that I need to see it again? I try to write down what I think but somehow I prefer scribbling some jargon on a note pad... there are also a lot of hidden details to previous films that you have to watch out for with your eyes wide shut. The images haunt you and leave you mourning. Ecstasy for having encountered cinema at it's most powerful. How to portray pain in film? the symptoms of anguish? the rituals involved... The most striking scene for me is at the fairground. It hits you like a freight train and leaves you mesmerized for the second half of the film. The son's room is at the bottom of the sea, on the surface of an instant photo, a secret path though many a different door... Press replay on what is not past nor future but pure emotion of imagining what will never be, love streams, the loneliness of long distant runner... Tragedy and crisis (individual and social and it's many other meanings!) have always been present in Nanni's cinema but here he's reached an unprecedented maturity. One minor flaw is the stereotypical portrayal of the patients treated by Moretti playing a psychoanalyst. It's a little too predictable for such an original filmmaker although I'm well aware that the patients are all movie projectors projecting the artist's own constant obsessions. I do hope English speaking viewers will have a chance to see it.