The Room of the son

the Room of the son is a film of Nanni Moretti left in 2001.

Synopsis

Giovanni is a famous psychoanalyst in the city where he exerts, with Ancône, a port city of Italy. He saw a peaceful and happy existence near his wife, Paola, and of their two children, Irene, the elder one, and Andrea, the son junior. They have an ordinary life, being filled with enthusiasm for the victories of Irene to the tennis shoe and worrying for the flight about a fossil to the college whose Andrea is marked. This daily newspaper without clash suddenly will rock. One Sunday morning, whereas all have their breakfast in a convivial atmosphere, the ringing of the telephone resounds. Giovanni takes down and announces with his/her son, Andrea, with which it had promised that they would make a jogging together, that it must give up this project because one of its patients wants to see it absolutely. Then begin for the spectator distressing waiting, because the music which begins advertisement an inevitable drama. Indeed, Andrea, which cannot go any more to run with his/her father, leaves to make deep-sea diving, it will not return. The family unit finds private one of its members, and very crumbles. Each member finds himself isolated in his own pain, the family unit is broken. The death of a family member results in with it the death of the family life. Giovanni is found walled in its culpability, because if it had not precipitated to join its patient one Sunday, Andrea and would have left to him to run together. It becomes unable to continue its trade of psychoanalyst, it does not support more to listen to the others to complain, him which has just seen its life crumbling. Whereas the account stagnates on this suffering, an external element comes to make it progress. The last boyfriend of Andrea appears. With her new friend, she wishes to join the French border. Giovanni, Paola and Irene will lead to it. The film finishes on a beach. All the three are joined together at the border, which in an allegorical way represents a new territory, like the new life which awaits them, without Andrea.

Comment

In this film, Nanni Moretti plays the part of a disturbed psychoanalyst himself. The setting in scene and the assembly give to the Room of the son an astonishing sobriety. The first part of film shows the banality of the family daily newspaper: happy parents, two children: a girl and a boy. This daily newspaper is upset by the death of the son. The family which was then linked, émiette. Each one is closed again on its pain and, because of that, each family member finds himself isolated. Giovanni cannot consider a future without Andrea, of the flashbacks of moments spent with his/her son do not cease haunting his spirit. The characters do not manage to express the pain which corrodes them. Indeed, Giovanni is first of all unable to announce the death of his/her son to his friends by telephone; it more cannot it in the letter which it in vain tries to write with the former friend of Andrea.

Data sheet

Title: the Room of the son
original Title: Stanza LED figlio
Realization: Nanni Moretti
Scenario: Nanni Moretti, Linda Ferri, Heidrun Schleef
Production companies: Sacher Films, Vat Films, Studio Canal
Music: Nicola Piovani
Photography: Giuseppe Lanci
Assembly: Esmeralda Calabria
Sound: Alessandro Zanon
Country of origin: Italy
Kind: Drama
Lasted: 98 minutes
Coming out date: March 9th 2001, May 18th 2001 (France)

Distribution

Nanni Moretti : Giovanni
Laura Morante : Paola
Jasmine Trinca : Irene
Giuseppe Sanfelice: Andrea
Stefano Accorsi : Tommaso

Around film

In addition to the music of Nicola Piovani, Nanni Moretti chose two particular songs in the Room of the son :

Insieme has to you not Ci sto più , written by Paolo Conte and sung by Caterina Caselli in 1969.
By This River , of Brian Eno (in the store of disc at the end of film, and also in the credits of end).

the piece that Moretti passes by again complusivement on the reader CD comes from Water Dances of Michael Nyman.
the film was entirely turned to Ancône.
the poetry read by Moretti is drawn from the collection has New Path To The Waterfall (1989) of Raymond Carver.
the Latin version on which board the children is the end of the book first Of rerum will natura of Lucrèce.
the film obtained the Palme of gold in Cannes in 2001, as well as the better distinctions film, actress and music of the price David di Donatello 2001, a price FIPRESCI and a Nastro d' Argent.

External bonds

the card of film on IMDb

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