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Confortorio

1992 · 85 min

A grim, austere historical reconstruction that plays like a slow, suffocating procedural of injustice and suffering.

Directed by
Paolo Benvenuti
Genres
Drama
Starring
Emidio Simini, Franco Pistoni, Emanuele Carucci Viterbi
Overview
Recreating a historical event that occurred in Rome on November 24, 1736, the film tells the story of two Jews who are arrested for burglary, tortured, and forced to confess. The Papal Tribunal sentences them to death by hanging.

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Directed by
Paolo Benvenuti
Genres
Drama
Starring
Emidio Simini, Franco Pistoni, Emanuele Carucci Viterbi
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • justice
  • faith
  • power
  • violence
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Paolo Benvenuti
Written by
Gianni Lazzaro, Paolo Benvenuti, Giuseppe Cordoni, Simona Foa
Starring
Emidio Simini, Franco Pistoni, Emanuele Carucci Viterbi, Adriano Iurissevich, Giovanni Lazzaro, Dario Marconcini
Runtime
85 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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