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The Way Through

2026 · 19 min

A taut, earnest race against time with young partisans passing coded books, tense and urgent but ultimately hopeful.

Directed by
Ludovico Succio
Genres
Drama
Overview
Italy, 2035. Mansfield, Stendhal and Buzzati are friends and partisans fighting against the regime. Engaged in relays of coded messages hidden in ciphered books, they are forced into a race against time: the fascists are about to take the town of Ovada.
How it feels
Tense, earnest and dark. Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Rebellion, friendship, war, survival
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Ludovico Succio
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ludovico Succio
Written by
Alessandra Forte, Ludovico Succio, Sedanur Saygili
Starring
Valeria Bono, Anna Lazzeri, Zakaria Hamza, Ludovico Succio, Gabriele Vacis, Noemi Guglietta, Samer Salameh, Saiyfdin Ayoube
Runtime
19 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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