The Guest Room (Italian: La stanza) is a 2021 Italian thriller-drama film directed by Stefano Lodovichi.[1][2][3] Produced by Lucky Red, the film was distributed on the Prime Video platform starting 4 January 2021. Outside Italy it was distributed by the same platform under the title The Guest Room.[4]

The Guest Room
Film poster
ItalianLa stanza
Directed byStefano Lodovichi
Written byStefano Lodovichi
Produced byAndrea Occhipinti
Starring
CinematographyTimoty Aliprandi
Edited byRoberto Di Tanna
Music byGiorgio Giampà
Distributed byAmazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 4 January 2021 (2021-01-04)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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During the lockdown imposed by the Italian government due to the COVID-19 pandemic, director Stefano Lodovichi has developed the intention to shoot a film on the phenomenon of hikikomori, boys who voluntarily choose to shut themselves up in their room without leaving it for any reason. The film should have been a documentary however, going on with the writing of the work, the director preferred to create a fictional story that dealt with the subject in such a way as to identify the reasons for this social phenomenon in the stimuli received within a family today.[5] The choice to set the film entirely inside a house is functional in addressing these issues. Filming took place during the lockdown, for two weeks.[6]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "The Guest Room". Festival Scope. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ "La stanza (The Guest Room)". Film Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ^ Roberto Recchioni (7 January 2021). "La stanza: la recensione di Roberto Recchioni". Screenweek (in Italian). Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ^ "La stanza - 2021 - film usciti 2000 - 2021 - film & docu". Filmitalia. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  5. ^ "La stanza | La recensione del film di Stefano Lodovichi (esclusiva Amazon)". Il Cineocchio (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  6. ^ "La stanza (2021), la recensione: il thriller di Stefano Lodovichi su Prime Video è una bella sorpresa". SilenzioinSala.com - Serie Tv, Film, Recensioni, Approfondimenti (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
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