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The Nest

2019 · 109 min

A slow, uneasy stay inside a beautiful but suffocating house, where every warm moment carries a quiet threat.

Directed by: Roberto De Feo
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Francesca Cavallin, Ginevra Francesconi, Justin Alexander Korovkin

Tagline: There's no place like home
Overview: Samuel, a boy who lives with his mother Elena in Villa dei Laghi, an isolated manor surrounded by woods, feels trapped in the family routine, growing up seemingly protected, but unsatisfied and restless.

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Directed by: Roberto De Feo
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Francesca Cavallin, Ginevra Francesconi, Justin Alexander Korovkin

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: isolation
family
identity
coming-of-age
deception
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, horror, mystery
Directed by: Roberto De Feo
Written by: Lucio Besana, Roberto De Feo, Margherita Ferri
Starring: Francesca Cavallin, Ginevra Francesconi, Justin Alexander Korovkin, Maurizio Lombardi, Elisabetta De Vito, Valentina Bartolo, Cristina Golotta, Roberto Accornero
Music: Teho Teardo
Cinematography: Emanuele Pasquet
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

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