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Petrichor

A quiet, emotionally raw descent into buried pain, where silence and vulnerability carry more weight than words.

Directed by: Marco Perego
Starring: Valeria Golino, Tommaso Ragno, Isabella Rossellini

Overview: Follows Sara, whose long-suppressed trauma resurfaces as her father's death approaches, gradually robbing her of her voice, forcing her to leave her son a final message through an act of profound vulnerability.

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Directed by: Marco Perego
Starring: Valeria Golino, Tommaso Ragno, Isabella Rossellini

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
grief
family
parenthood
healing
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Directed by: Marco Perego
Written by: Marco Perego, Alexander Dinelaris
Starring: Valeria Golino, Tommaso Ragno, Isabella Rossellini, Victor Almanzar, Mia Sanchez, Lorenzo Zurzolo
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Country: United States of America, Italy
Languages: Italian

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