In the Bedroom (2001)

Regisseur:

Todd Field

Drehbuchautoren:

Andre Dubus (story)
Robert Festinger (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

11. Januar 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Werbezeile:

A young man. An older woman. Her ex-husband. Things are about to explode...

Plot:

A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman with two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband. Then something terrible occurs in this wrenching, emotional drama.

Plot Keywords:

Disturbing | Offscreen Killing | Physical Abuse | Only Son | Anger

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 41 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Revenge shown to be illusion in this realistic work.

Besetzung

Tom Wilkinson	...	Matt Fowler
Sissy Spacek	...	Ruth Fowler
Nick Stahl	...	Frank Fowler
Marisa Tomei	...	Natalie Strout
William Mapother	...	Richard Strout
William Wise	...	Willis Grinnel
Celia Weston	...	Katie Grinnel
Karen Allen	...	Marla Keyes
Frank T. Wells	...	Henry
W. Clapham Murray	...	Carl
Justin Ashforth	...	Tim Bryson
Terry A. Burgess	...	District Attorney
Jonathan Walsh	...	Father McCasslin
Diane E. Hamlin	...	Davis' Assistant
Camden Munson	...	Jason Strout

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language.

Länge:

130 Min | USA:138 Min (Sundance Film Festival)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U (cut version) | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Iceland:14 | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18

Drehorte:

Belfast, Maine, USA

Firma:

Good Machine

Dies und das:

The words of Father McCasslin at the burial are the last five lines from Chapter 25, "Death", in "The Prophet" by 'Kahlil Gibran' .

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Matt is eating in the diner the napkin disappears and reappears underneath the silverware.

Dialogzitate:

[to Matt]
Ruth Fowler: Did you do it?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Zeni Me, Mamo

Revenge shown to be illusion in this realistic work.

The film is, as all the critics say, emotionally involving, wrenching and all that. Acting is natural and realistic, down to the nitty-gritty. The valuable and rare thing here is that the story works against the most common plot at the movies today: the revenge plot. Here instead, revenge gets a more ambiguous and thoughtful treatment. We are accustomed to being flattered as an audience, sent home feeling good that "our" side wins in the end against the evil. In this film that stereotypical and simplistic Good vs Evil is taken apart. The revenge leaves us feeling unusually unsettled, which is a very good thing in a deeper sense.