The Son's Room (La Stanza del Figlio) (R)

Quicklook Rating★★½

synopsis

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.

MovieGoer Review

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 cont... MORE

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synopsis

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.

MovieGoer Review

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 cont... MORE