Monday, November 16, 2015

THE SON'S ROOM (2001, ITALY)

FILMS FROM THE 21st CENTURY
(Post 6 of 50)

Some quick takes on the most relatively recent listings from the
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list


Considering I knew this was a film about how a family copes with the death of the son in the family, I felt myself during the first half hour of the movie just waiting for the inevitable demise of the titular son. But once the son dies, the drama unfolds to be a bit more than the standard movie of the week. The father is a psychologist and I liked the way we are slowly shown how he simply can't deal with his patients anymore. The film has a reminds me in subject matter and tone of Ordinary People (but with subtitles).

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