''The Guest Room'' ( it, La stanza) is a 2021 Italian thriller-

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film directed by

Stefano Lodovichi Stefano Lodovichi (born 31 August 1983) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Career He started his career directing short-films and music videos, and collaborating as assistant director with Carlo Virzì, Francesco Falaschi and Rolando ...

. 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.

Production

During the lockdown imposed by the Italian government due to the

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, director Stefano Lodovichi has developed the intention to shoot a film on the phenomenon of

hikikomori , also known as acute social withdrawal, is total withdrawal from society and seeking extreme degrees of social isolation and confinement. ''Hikikomori'' refers to both the phenomenon in general and the recluses themselves. ''Hikikomori'' ha ...

, 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. 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.

Cast

Guido Caprino Guido Caprino (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Taormina, Caprino grew up in Nizza di Sicilia and graduated as a dental technician in Messina. He then moved to Milan, where he worked a ...

as the guest *

Camilla Filippi Camilla Filippi (born 13 October 1979) is an Italian film, stage and television actress. Life and career Born in Brescia, Filippi started her career, when she was a teenager, appearing in a series of Barilla commercials. She made her acting de ...

as Stella *

Edoardo Pesce Edoardo Pesce (born 12 September 1979) is an Italian actor. Biography A student of the actor Enzo Garinei, Pesce began his career on stage, but gained notoriety with the TV series ''Romanzo criminale'' and ''I Cesaroni''. He received critical ac ...

as Sandro *Romeo Pellegrini as Giulio

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* 2021 films 2020s Italian-language films 2021 thriller films Italian thriller films Films about dysfunctional families Films about time travel 2020s Italian films {{2020s-Italy-film-stub