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Bloody Richard

2017 · 91 min

A lurid, theatrical crime saga where menace and musical numbers collide, leaving a strange, uneasy and oddly hypnotic aftertaste.

Directed by
Roberta Torre
Genres
Music
Starring
Sonia Bergamasco, Massimo Ranieri, Silvia Calderoni
Overview
Riccardo Mancini is discharged from the forensic psychiatric hospital, where he has spent many long years serving time for a crime shrouded in mystery; now he is determined to wreak revenge and win back power within his crime family.

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Directed by
Roberta Torre
Genres
Music
Starring
Sonia Bergamasco, Massimo Ranieri, Silvia Calderoni
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • power
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • madness
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour4
Realism5
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
music
Directed by
Roberta Torre
Written by
Roberta Torre, Valerio Bariletti
Starring
Sonia Bergamasco, Massimo Ranieri, Silvia Calderoni, Silvia Gallerano, Tommaso Ragno, Antonella Lo Coco, Flavio Marullo, Stella Pecollo
Music
Mauro Pagani
Cinematography
Matteo Cocco
Runtime
91 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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