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A Quiet Place in the Country

1968 · 106 min

A clammy, disorienting descent into a painter's unraveling mind, all eerie noises and erotic dread in a decaying villa.

Directed by: Elio Petri
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret

Tagline: In a quiet place she strips away the structure of his mind and body... piece by piece.
Overview: A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disintegrate.

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Directed by: Elio Petri
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
art
sexuality
death
Places: single country house
countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Elio Petri
Written by: Luciano Vincenzoni, Elio Petri
Starring: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo, Madeleine Damien, Valerio Ruggeri, Rita Calderoni, Renato Menegotto
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cinematography: Luigi Kuveiller
Runtime: 106 min
Country: Italy, France
Languages: English, Italian

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