Here we are stuck by this river, you and I underneath a sky that's ever falling down, down, down
No 480 - The Son's Room (La Stanza Del Figlio ) Director - Nanni Moretti I knew that this film had done very well when it had been premiered at Cannes in 2001. That, however was the end of my knowledge. I didn't even know it was an Italian film until it began! It is a really brave film handling a very simple theme and the way that it handles the theme show all the differences between European and American drama. I have started this blog with two one sentence paragraphs... which is truly awful writing. I promise that I shall now get on with and discuss the film's theme. The theme is death. Not just the notion of death but a family's reaction to it. What I particularly liked about the film is how soft it is, how underplayed. We are never told what to look at, instead it feels like a very real exploration of real people. Nanni Moretti has not only written and directed this film, but he takes the lead role and he plays it beautifully.The film is set in two halves, both...