Movie

Ostia

1970 · 103 min

A grim, grimy slice of marginal life that drifts between tenderness and cruelty, leaving a sour ache long after.

Overview: Two anarchistic brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their Catholic upbringing. Bandiera and Rabbino were children when they pushed their drunk of a father out of a window for killing their pet sheep. When a girl is raped by her father, she is brought by young "rescuers" to the home of the two brothers who then watch their friends take advantage of her sexually. The brothers take her in, and the three live happy and celibate if not uneventful lives until the brother's are sent to jail for stealing.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, family, politics, trauma
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
politics
trauma
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong