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Ossessione

Movie · 1943 · 140 min

A sweaty, fatalistic drift through dusty roads and cramped rooms, where desire and guilt tighten like a noose around two doomed people.

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1943 Italian film
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Year
1943
Runtime
140 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • love
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, film noir, crime
Directed by
Luchino Visconti
Written by
Alberto Moravia, Luchino Visconti, Giuseppe De Santis, Antonio Pietrangeli
Starring
Massimo Girotti, Clara Calamai, Juan de Landa, Vittorio Duse, Dhia Cristiani, Michael Balfour, Michele Riccardini, Elio Marcuzzo
Music
Giuseppe Rosati
Cinematography
Aldo Tonti
Runtime
140 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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