La Stanza del Figlio (The Son's Room)

2002

La Stanza del Figlio (The Son's Room)

Critics Consensus

The Son's Room is a moving and contemplative study of grief.

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A family struggles to go on after a devastating loss in this deeply emotional drama from Italy. Giovanni (Nanni Moretti) is a psychiatrist with a successful practice in a small community near the ocean. Giovanni has a warm relationship with his wife Paola (Laura Morante), and they have a pair of well-adjusted teenage kids, Andrea (Giuseppe Sanfelice) and Irene (Jasmine Trinca). But the family's calm is shattered when Andrea is unexpectedly killed in an accident. Giovanni finds it impossible to continue with his work, and blames himself for the death, since he was planning to go jogging with Andrea that morning before he opted instead to take an emergency call from a client. Paola and Irene try to keep their emotions in check, but both find this all but impossible as they sink further into anger and grief. The appearance of an unexpected visitor, however, forces the family to confront their feelings about Andrea. Arianna (Sofia Vigliar) is a girl who had a summer romance with Andrea the year before, and has come to town to pay him a surprise visit, unaware of his recent death. In addition to starring, Moretti directed and co-authored the script.

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Cast

Nanni Moretti
as Giovanni
Laura Morante
as Paola
Jasmine Trinca
as Irene
Giuseppe Sanfelice
as Andrea
Renato Scarpa
as Headmaster
Roberto Nobile
as Priest
Paolo De Vita
as Luciano's Father
Roberto De Francesco
as Record store clerk
Claudio Santamaria
as Dive Shop Clerk
Eleanora Danco
as Patient
Silvio Orlando
as Oscar
Stefano Accorsi
as Tommaso
Claudia Della Seta
as Raffaella
Claudi Della Seta
Antonio Petrocelli
as Enrico
Lorenzo Alessandri
as Filippo's Father
Guiseppe Sanfelice
Alessandro Infusini
as Matteo
Silvia Bonucci
as Carla
Marcello Bernacchini
as Luciano
Alessandro Ascoli
as Stefano
Emanuele Lo Nardo
as Filippo
Sofia Vigliar
as Arianna
Stefano Abbati
as Patient
Toni Bertorelli
as Patient
Dario Cantarelli
as Patient
Emanuele Nardo
as Filippo
Eleonora Danco
as Patient
Luisa De Santis
as Patient
Noam Morgensztern
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Audience Reviews for La Stanza del Figlio (The Son's Room)

  • Oct 17, 2012
    Very difficult to watch in spots but for all the right reasons. A tender and truly touching drama. It feels "real" and is not cloying.
    John B Super Reviewer
  • Aug 06, 2012
    Nanni Moretti bring a sentimentalist, but criative and entertaining drama, that become a study about, not only family, but individual people in they pain and hope. Finest performances with the direction by Moretti make The Son's Room, one of the best films of the 2001.
    Lucas M Super Reviewer
  • Sep 10, 2011
    The Son's Room is a simple but tender drama on loss and healing. Artfully presented and subtly acted. Great soundtrack. Precise emotive content. A silent chaos.
    Jan Marc M Super Reviewer
  • Jan 30, 2009
    <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i32.tinypic.com/27yrew0.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> Got this movie recommendation The Son's Room long time ago from a dear friend and till now I saw it complete. Director Nanni Moretti told the story of a family breaking apart after the death of their son. Moretti himself played the father,a psychiatrist, that after his son's death he could not go on with his work. A movie dealing with the lost of the people we love the most, our children,and there is no cure for the sadness. Despite the tragedy in the movie Moretti managed to make the viewer smile even in the darkest moments.The movie was almost perfect and I was deeply moved by the good acting of these Italian actors.
    Daisy M Super Reviewer
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