SummaryAn Italian psychoanalyst and his family must overcome their grief following the death of their son in a freak diving accident that changes their lives forever.
Directed By:Nanni Moretti
Written By:Nanni Moretti, Linda Ferri, Heidrun Schleef
The Son's Room
Metascore
Generally Favorable
73
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
73
82% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
15% Mixed
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3% Negative
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100
Moretti gives us something different but very important. He shows us how life goes on.
90
With tender skill, Moretti illuminates Samuel Beckett's phrase "I can't go on -- I'll go on."
88
This is a superior motion picture -- an example of the pleasant surprise that can result when a skilled director departs from his usual style. By daring to be honest and unsparing, The Son's Room is meaningful.
75
Moretti's performance is low-key but detailed. He makes the psychiatrist a fascinating guy, rather austere and restrained, a Northern Italian, not an expressive Neapolitan.
75
The Son's Room is the anti-"In the Bedroom." I mean that as a compliment.
60
Veering on the maudlin, the film ultimately succeeds by striking a universal chord on the subject of inconsolable loss. It's a stirring, humane testament from a surprising source.
30
The film portrays a family undone by grief over the death of a loved one; that, in any event, is its plot synopsis. More accurately, the film is a wallow of authorial narcissism, and a tedious, unrelenting, uninteresting wallow at that.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
88% Positive
15 Ratings
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12% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Nov 17, 2011
10
I rented The Son's Room again the other day, after many years. I was stunned by the understated emotional wallop it packed. That final scene is the most haunting damn thing. I can't get it out of my mind. I'm going to the shops now to see if I can buy the DVD.
Mar 29, 2012
6
I watched this film several years before on TV, but interrupted and left unfinished, this time finally completed in the Febiofestâ
Production Company:
- Sacher Film
- Bac Films
- StudioCanal
- Rai Cinema
- Tele+
Release Date:Jan 25, 2002
Duration:1 h 39 m
Rating:R
Awards
David di Donatello Awards
• 3 Wins & 12 Nominations
Golden Ciak Awards
• 5 Wins & 9 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
