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Crater

2018 · 93 min

A gritty, claustrophobic slice of hardscrabble life that grinds slowly toward a painful, obsessive pressure.

Directed by: Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sharon Caroccia, Rosario Caroccia, Tina Amariutei

Overview: The Crater is a land of underdogs, indistinct space, constant noise. Rosario is a street vendor, a gitane of village fairs, who gives away soft toys to whoever draws a winning number. The war he has declared against his own destiny has the immature and indolent body of his thirteen-year-old daughter: Sharon is pretty and can sing, and in this hotbed of stopgaps and desperate living, she’s his weapon for survival. But success becomes an obsession, and talent becomes a punishment.

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Directed by: Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sharon Caroccia, Rosario Caroccia, Tina Amariutei

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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
family
class
ambition
survival
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Luca Bellino, Silvia Luzi
Written by: Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino
Starring: Sharon Caroccia, Rosario Caroccia, Tina Amariutei, Assunta Arcella, Imma Benvenuto, Eros Caroccia, Mariaelianna Caroccia, Rosario Junior Caroccia
Music: Alessandro Paolini
Cinematography: Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Italy, United Kingdom
Languages: Italian

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