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The Son's Room

Play trailer Poster for The Son's Room R,  2002,  1h 29m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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85% Tomatometer 80 Reviews 81% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
A family living together in a small Northern Italian city. The parents are Giovanni and Paola and their two teenage children are Irene, the daughter, and Andrea, the younger son. A tale of a happy, middle class family which is turned upside down when the teenage son dies in a tragic accident.
The Son's Room

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Critics Consensus

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

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Meredith Brody Chicago Reader Oct 5, 2019
With tender skill, Moretti illuminates Samuel Beckett's familiar summation "I can't go on-I'll go on." Go to Full Review
David Ansen Newsweek Mar 7, 2018
Like a good shrink, Moretti watches with an unflinching but compassionate eye. Go to Full Review
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune Jul 20, 2002
4/4
Nothing in The Son's Room is conventionally sentimental or reassuring. Go to Full Review
B. Ruby Rich The Nation Feb 28, 2020
Nanni Moretti has made a career's worth of film grounded in humor, but here he has turned serious. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Mar 9, 2012
B
Moretti's comedies and sarires are more interesting than this family melodrama about loss and grief, though he should be commended for making a touching and sensitive film that never descends into cloying bathos. Go to Full Review
Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) Dec 1, 2003
A work of powerful understatement, artfully crafted and subtly acted. Go to Full Review
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Nanni Moretti

Director

Nanni Moretti

Giovanni

Laura Morante

Paola

Jasmine Trinca

Irene

Giuseppe Sanfelice

Andrea

Silvio Orlando

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The Son's Room

Laura Morante with Nanni Moretti (front) and Giuseppe Sanfelice (back left) and Jasmine Trinca (back right) in Nanni Moretti's THE SON'S ROOM. Laura Morante and Nanni Moretti in Moretti's THE SON'S ROOM. Laura Morante and Giuseppe Sanfelice in Nanni Moretti's THE SON'S ROOM. Nanni Moretti (left) with Giuseppe Sanfelice in Moretti's THE SON'S ROOM. The Son's Room (2001) The Son's Room (2001) View more photos

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Synopsis A family living together in a small Northern Italian city. The parents are Giovanni and Paola and their two teenage children are Irene, the daughter, and Andrea, the younger son. A tale of a happy, middle class family which is turned upside down when the teenage son dies in a tragic accident.
Director
Nanni Moretti
Producer
Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti
Screenwriter
Nanni Moretti, Linda Ferri, Heidrun Schleef
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Tele+, Canal+, RAI Cinema, Sacher Film
Rating
R (Some Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.0M
Runtime
1h 29m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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