The Son's Room
by Nanni Moretti
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Actor: Giuseppe Sanfelice, Jasmine Trinca, Laura Morante, Nanni Moretti, Silvio OrlandoDirector: Nanni Moretti
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Producer: Nanni Moretti
Writer: Nanni Moretti
Producer: Angelo Barbagallo
Writer: Linda Ferri
Writer: Heidrun Schleef
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: NTSC
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2012-01-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Son's Room
Movie Review: Meditation on Life through a Death
Summary: 5 Stars
For those who have experienced the impact of an abrupt loss in the death of a loved one, this beautiful film offers solace, companionship, and meditation about the value of life. The film has been so widely reviewed that the story is well known: a middle class Italian family - a psychotherapist father, a devoted mother, a teenage daughter and son - seem to have all the joy of the closely knit family of everyone's dreams. A small kink of a minor crime by the son in this placcid life is dealt with and yet is compounded by an accidental drowning of the son. The effect this loss has on the family, especially the father, is at once devastating but has healing resolutions. The son's girlfriend gains entry into this grieving family and together they find the journey to recovery. Many lessons here: how does a successful therapist cope with his own personal loss? how does a broken family unit re-enter life? how does an unknown but extended part of the family make an impact on this grieving and become part of the healing? All of this is told in the simplest way, photographed beautifully, and acted superbly. A gentle and lovely film for thoughts long after the screen credits fade.
Summary of The Son's Room
Declared Best Picture at the Cannes Film Festival, this universally touching film tells the unforgettable story of a man facing the greatest challenge of his life. Giovanni is a psychoanalyst who thought he had all the answers. In contrast to the worries and neuroses of his patients, Giovanni's reassuringly calm existence revolves around the security of his loving family and the comfort of his daily routines. So when an unthinkable tragedy hits home and turns life upside down, he must somehow summon the courage to deal with his own grief while giving strength to those who need him most! Released to overwhelming critical acclaim, this ultimately uplifting emotional journey has drawn praise for its subtle realism and remarkable power!This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti's signature talent for the overheard, unexpected, and happened-upon detail lends The Son's Room, the story of a grieving middle-class family, the unnerving quality of an unwanted surprise. Giovanni (Moretti) is a successful psychoanalyst whose family life is remarkably placid and enviously intimate: his beautiful wife (Laura Morante) and two intelligent, attractive teenage children are unafraid of their emotions. When his son, Andrea (Giuseppe Sanfelice), drowns in a diving accident, Giovanni is driven to suspend his practice and unintentionally betray his patients as he is haunted by what small choice he might have made in order to avert his son's death. Moretti, more widely known for his comedies, masterfully recreates how seemingly trivial things can take on such importance in the aftermath of tragedy. The intricacies of remembering are traced with such a light touch that the cumulative impact of the film is far greater than its many well-chosen details. Winner of the Palme d'Or (highest honor) at the Cannes International Film Festival, The Son's Room, which refuses melodrama at every step, is a deeply affecting portrait of familial love and the ritual of grieving. --Fionn Meade
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