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The Son's Room
The Son's Room
8.3
/10
6,057 Ratings

THE SON'S ROOM

La stanza del figlio

Directed by Nanni Moretti
Italy, France, 2001
Drama

Synopsis

Giovanni is a psychiatrist who enjoys a loving relationship with his wife Paola and two teenage children, Irene the eldest and Andrea the youngest, in a small Northern Italian town. While Giovanni has to leave in emergency to a patient in crisis, Andrea goes diving with friends…

Synopsis

Giovanni is a psychiatrist who enjoys a loving relationship with his wife Paola and two teenage children, Irene the eldest and Andrea the youngest, in a small Northern Italian town. While Giovanni has to leave in emergency to a patient in crisis, Andrea goes diving with friends…

Our take

Both as director and actor, Nanni Moretti has rarely engaged in such emotive territory as this riveting depiction of a family tragedy. A mainstay in Cannes, he received enormous acclaim (including the critics’ prize and Palme d’Or!) for this gentle, mature, exquisitely tender story of rebirth.