Joy decides to tell Jack about the outside world he reacts with disbelief and incomprehension, but also curiosity. As punishment, he cuts their heat and power. Joy is horrified when she awakens and sees their interaction, slapping Old Nick away.

That night, Jack is overcome with curiosity and ventures out of the closet while Old Nick is asleep in bed with his mother. Old Nick tells Joy that he has lost his job and may not be able to afford their supplies in the future. She allows Jack to believe that only Room and its contents are real, and that the rest of the world exists only on television. She tries to stay optimistic for her son but suffers from malnutrition and depression. They are captives of a man they call 'Old Nick', Jack's biological father, who abducted Joy seven years prior and routinely rapes her while Jack sleeps in the closet. They share a bed, toilet, bathtub, television, and rudimentary kitchen the only window is a skylight. In Akron, Ohio, 24-year-old Joy Newsome and her five-year-old son Jack live in a squalid shed they call 'Room'. Larson won the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress. It also won nine Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and seven Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Film. At the 88th Academy Awards, Room received four nominations, including Best Picture. The film was acclaimed by critics, who particularly praised the performances of Larson and Tremblay and the storytelling, and grossed $36.3 million on a $13 million budget.Ĭited as one of the best films of the year, Room received numerous awards and nominations. It began a limited theatrical run in the United States on Octoand the wide expansion so far on January 22, 2016, by A24. The film was theatrically released in Canada on Octoby Elevation Pictures and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Januby StudioCanal. Room premiered at the 42nd Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2015, and later screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award. Larson researched trauma and nutrition for her part.

The crew designed each part of the set of the room to be removable to provide access for the crew. The film was a co-production of Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and was shot in Toronto, with the eponymous set built at Pinewood Toronto Studios.

The film also stars Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus and William H. Their escape allows the boy to experience the outside world for the first time. It stars Brie Larson as a young woman who has been held captive for seven years and whose five-year-old son ( Jacob Tremblay) was born in captivity. Room is a 2015 drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue, based on her 2010 novel of the same name.

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