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The Witches' Sabbath

1988 · 94 min

A cold, cerebral plunge into obsession and belief that unsettles more through ambiguity and stillness than shocks.

Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Genres: Horror, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Béatrice Dalle, Daniel Ezralow, Corinne Touzet

Overview: The freshly graduated psychiatrist David shall deliver an opinion about young Maddalena, who's on trial for murdering a hunter. She claims she's a witch and acted on behalf of the devil.

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Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Genres: Horror, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Béatrice Dalle, Daniel Ezralow, Corinne Touzet

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 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: madness
faith
identity
isolation
mystery
Places: hospital
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, drama, mystery
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Written by: Francesca Pirani, Marco Bellocchio
Starring: Béatrice Dalle, Daniel Ezralow, Corinne Touzet, Jacques Weber, Renata Leoni, Roberta Lena, Daniele Nuccetelli, Saša Vulićević
Cinematography: Giuseppe Lanci
Runtime: 94 min
Country: Italy, France
Languages: Italian

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