Movie

The Wait

2015 · 100 min

A quiet, suffocating immersion in grief and unspoken truth, where long silences and sunlit rooms make every moment feel suspended.

Tagline: Waiting for a lost love, every moment becomes an eternity.
Overview: In the vast rooms of a beautiful Sicilian villa, Anna receives an unexpected guest. Twenty-something Jeanne has arrived from France, declaring herself to be the girlfriend of Anna’s son, Giuseppe, who has invited her to the house to spend Easter together. But this is news to Anna, and Guiseppe is not yet there...
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, deception, isolation, family
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 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: grief
deception
isolation
family
death
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild