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Pentimento

1979 · 72 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into clinical cruelty and erotic dread, demanding patience as images linger and meaning stays just out of reach.

Directed by
Frans Zwartjes
Genres
Drama, Horror
Starring
Helen Hedy, Moniek Toebosch, Trix Zwartjes
Overview
In a monumental building a group of scientists submit women to obscure experiments in which sexuality and cruelty constantly merge into one another. "Pentimento" is an art-historical term for a hidden image underneath the actual image giving an indication of how the latter evolved to its current state.

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Directed by
Frans Zwartjes
Genres
Drama, Horror
Starring
Helen Hedy, Moniek Toebosch, Trix Zwartjes
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • power
  • violence
  • sexuality
  • obsession
  • corruption
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror8
Humour1
Realism4
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, horror
Directed by
Frans Zwartjes
Written by
Frans Zwartjes
Starring
Helen Hedy, Moniek Toebosch, Trix Zwartjes, Ronald Beer, Koos Fasel, Marian Smit, Armand Perrenet, Babeth
Cinematography
Frans Zwartjes
Runtime
72 min
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch, English, German

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