Title: The Son's Room
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Synopsis:
Winner of the prestigious Golden Palm and FIPPESCI Award at the 2001 Cannes Festival
and Italy's official submission in the Best Foreign Language Film category for
the Academy Awards, The Son's Room is an examination of how families deal with
grief in the aftermath of the loss of a loved one.
Nanni Moretti, who also directed and co-wrote the film, stars as a Giovanni,
psychiatrist living an idyllic life in an Italian seaside town with his wife
and his two intelligent children. They are a comfortable and close-knit family,
but suddenly their tranquility is shattered when son Andrea is killed in a freak
diving accident. Unable to properly treat patients, Giovanni quits practicing
and his wife withdraws into herself. Also affected by grief, his daughter begins
to have trouble with her performance in school. When the family discovers a
letter sent to Andrea by an unknown girl, they arrange to meet her in the hope
that they can heal.
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Director(s): Nanni Moretti
Year Shot: 2001
Production studio: China Scientific Culture Audio and
Video Publisher Company (China)
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Cast: Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, jasmine Trinca, Giuseppe
Sanfelice
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