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If One Could See Into the Future

1911 · 9 min

A somber, dreamlike silent parable that weighs a mother's sorrow against fate, moving slowly toward a quiet, haunting reckoning.

Overview
A mother confronts Death as to why he has to take her young boy. And he shows her the future to explain why he need to be eliminated.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • death
  • fate
  • parenthood
  • morality
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour0
Realism3
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
fantasy, drama
Directed by
Arrigo Frusta
Starring
Paolo Azzurri, Maria Bay, Oreste Grandi, Gigetta Morano, Fernanda Negri Pouget, Norina Rasero, Mary Cleo Tarlarini
Runtime
9 min
Country
Italy
Languages
No Language

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