| The Guest Room | |
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| Director: | Stefano Lodovichi |
| Producer: | Andrea Occhipinti |
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| Music: | Giorgio Giampà |
| Cinematography: | Timoty Aliprandi |
| Editing: | Roberto Di Tanna |
| Distributor: | Amazon Prime Video |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
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]
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]