The Son's Room (2002)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Jan 25, 2002

Running Time: 99 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue Italian

Country Of Origin: Italy

Country Of Origin: France

starring: Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, Giuseppe Sanfelice, Silvio Orlando, Claudia Della Seta, Stefano Accorsi, Toni Bertorelli, Sofia Vigliar, Stefano Abbati

director: Nanni Moretti

A family living together in a small Northern Italian city: the parents are Giovanni and Paola and their two teenage children are Irene and Andrea. Giovanni is a psychoanalyst and in his office patients confide to him a long list of their neuroses and worries, in contrast to the calm of his own existence. Giovanni's life is regulated by a familiar pattern of routines and interests: walking, reading, listening to music. One Sunday morning, Giovanni suggests that he and his son enjoy a run together, but he is urgently called away to see a patient. He cannot go running with his son, and Andrea leaves to go diving with his friends. This leads to an event that changes the family's lives forever.

The happiness of psychiatrist Giovanni and his wife Paola's family is shattered when their son Andrea dies in a diving accident.

Story

Prosperous therapist Giovanni's roster of highly neurotic patients are a stark contrast to his own well-adjusted family, which consists of his beloved wife Paola and teenage kids Andrea and Irene. The family resides in a picturesque seaside town on Italy's eastern coast where they share a comfortable, book-filled apartment adjacent to his office. But the…