La stanza del figlio (2001)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Nanni Moretti

Writers:

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

Psychoanalyst | Diving | Scuba Diving | Patient | Fossil

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
Alessandro Ascoli	...	Stefano
Stefano Abbati	...	The Patient
Stefano Accorsi	...	The Patient
Toni Bertorelli	...	The Patient (as Tonio Bertorelli)
Dario Cantarelli	...	The Patient
Eleonora Danco	...	The Patient
Claudia Della Seta	...	The Patient
Luisa De Santis	...	The Patient
Silvio Orlando	...	The Patient
Emanuele Lo Nardo	...	Filippo

Directed by
Nanni Moretti

Writing credits
Nanni Moretti		(story)
Nanni Moretti		(screenplay) &
Heidrun Schleef		(screenplay) &
Linda Ferri		(screenplay)

Produced by
Angelo Barbagallo	....	producer
Federico Fabrizio	....	producer
Vincenzo Galluzzo	....	producer
Lorenzo Luccarini	....	producer
Nanni Moretti	....	producer

Original Music by
Nicola Piovani

Cinematography by
Giuseppe Lanci

Film Editing by
Esmeralda Calabria

Production Design by
Giancarlo Basili

Costume Design by
Maria Rita Barbera

Makeup Department
Carlo Barucci	....	hair stylist
Gianfranco Mecacci	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Fabrizio Amato	....	unit manager
Gianfranco Barbagallo	....	production manager
Chrystelle Robin	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Loredana Conte	....	assistant director
Andrea Molaioli	....	assistant director

Art Department
Alberto Bonvecchi	....	assistant property master
Roberto DiCamillo	....	buyer
Roberto Giacomelli	....	property master
Giuseppe Gigante	....	assistant property master
Ermanno Sampaolesi	....	assistant property master
Mauro Venturini	....	property master
Piera Zaganelli	....	assistant set decorator

Sound Department
Angelo Amatulli	....	boom operator
Damiano Antinori	....	sound assistant
Benni Atria	....	sound editor
Francesca Genevois	....	assistant sound editor
Danilo Moroni	....	sound mixer
Alessandro Zanon	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Stefano Ballirano	....	senior digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Roberta Allegrini	....	camera operator
Massimo Barbona	....	key grip
Roberto Barbona	....	grip
Simone Barbona	....	grip
Mauro Belli	....	electrician
Roberto Belli	....	gaffer
Leonardo Beltrame	....	electrician
Romualdo Benedetti	....	electrician
Franco Bruni	....	camera operator
Giovanni Canevari	....	Steadicam operator
Alessandro Cardelli	....	electrician
Andrea Collepiccolo	....	assistant camera
Federico Conte	....	electrician
Claudio Gallicchio	....	electrician
Simone Gambini	....	video assist operator
Giovanni Gebbia	....	Steadicam operator
Umberto Montiroli	....	still photographer
Eleonora Patriarca	....	second assistant camera
Roberto Quercetti	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gaia Calderone	....	assistant costumes
Alberta Ceccarelli	....	wardrobe
Germana Melodia	....	assistant costumes

Editorial Department
Pasquale Cuzzupoli	....	color supervisor
Roberto Martucci	....	assistant editor
Angelo Mignogna	....	assistant editor
Carlo Simeoni	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Angelo Giovagnoli	....	orchestra coordinator
Dieter Moebius	....	composer: song "By This River"
Hans-Joachim Roedelius	....	composer: song "By This River"
Fabio Venturi	....	music scoring engineer

Other crew
Cinzia Castania	....	script
Paolo Centore	....	production secretary
Bruno Di Bartolomei	....	production accountant
Crisilde Dominici	....	press agent
Federico Fabrizio	....	production secretary
Vincenzo Galluzzo	....	production secretary
Lorenzo Luccarini	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Rai Cinemafiction
• Telepiù
• Sacher Film
• Bac Films
• Canal+

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Atlantis Entertainment (2002) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2001) (Finland) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Bac Films
• Europafilm AS
• First Distributors
• Miramax Films (Canada) (subtitled)
• Miramax Films (USA) (subtitled)
• Momentum Pictures (2001) (UK) (all media)
• Pan Vision Oy (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Prokino Filmverleih (Germany)
• Sacher Distribuzione (Italy)
• Spentzos Films (Greece)
• United King Films
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner Italia (2001) (Italy) (DVD)
• Warner Sogefilms A.I.E. (Spain)

Also Known As:

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

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

Intimate, deep, and... rated R

Moretti becomes more mature, more intimate, more personal. While playing an increasing role in Italian politics (with his movement of opposition to the right-wing government), in his films he has abandoned the sharp political criticism of his debut (Ecce Bombo, Io sono un Autarchico), and the cynical and funny social observations of "Bianca," "Palombella Rossa," and "Caro Diario" to give us a compelling portrait of grief.

A noticeable thing about this film is that the stupidity and ignorance of the MPAA gave it an R rating. Apparently, according to the MPAA, teenagers are welcome to see the stupid violence of "Independence Day," or the idiotic cardboard characters of "Spider Man" (both rated PG-13), but should not, except under adult supervision, know that the death of a teenage child is a shocking and traumatizing experience for a family, and could shatter their painfully constructed unity.

The decision of the MPAA provoked outrage in Italy and surprise in Europe. It is amazing that people of such obvious ignorance should be allowed to make such crucial decisions: they should be held responsible for the garbage they feed to teenagers, and for keeping them away from meaningful films.