Movie

It Only Happens to Others

1971 · 90 min

A hushed, candlelit chamber piece that sits with a couple's grief until it becomes almost unbearable.

Tagline: The motion picture that must end...to begin.
Overview: Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, dark and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, isolation, death, love
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 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
isolation
death
love
family
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild