The Son's Room

Name: The Son's Room
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: January 25, 2002
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Laura Morante, Nanni Moretti

2002

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Miramax Films | Release Date: January 25, 2002 | R

Starring: Laura Morante, Nanni Moretti

Summary: An 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.

Director: Nanni Moretti

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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Steven Rea

We feel it, in our hearts. And therein lies the great power of this small, wise film. Read full review

Keith Phipps

In the end, it's that reserve that makes it work. Keeping his distance, the director lets viewers see in full the moments in which grief turns the world into a narrow, never-ending tunnel. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Bill Gallo

Wise and surprisingly witty, the film is a minor masterpiece and could serve as a fitting companion piece to America's "In the Bedroom," another superb film about the torments of bereavement.

Mick LaSalle

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. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Stands apart for its raw, quiet emotion and its shattering sense of truth. Read full review

David Rooney

While devotees expecting Moretti's wry worldview may feel shortchanged, others will find this a profoundly moving experience, giving it fuel to cross borders into the arthouse niche. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

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. Read full review

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JMc

Nov 17, 2011

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.

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lasttimeisaw

Mar 29, 2012

I watched this film several years before on TV, but interrupted and left unfinished, this time finally completed in the Febiofestâ

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