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Parlami, Orlando

2019 · 17 min

A dreamy, literary meditation that drifts through centuries and selves, asking you to surrender to its quiet, gender-bending reverie.

Directed by
Giuseppe Bucci
Starring
Salvatore Langella
Overview
Based on the novel Orlando: a biography by Virginia Woolf, the film portrays the writer as swept up in the emotions of her characters. Orlando, a beautiful androgynous nobleman, lives an extraordinarily long life, from the reign of Elizabeth I to modern times, while undergoing a mysterious change of sex and becoming a woman.

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Directed by
Giuseppe Bucci
Starring
Salvatore Langella
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • gender
  • memory
  • art
  • fate
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism4
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
Giuseppe Bucci
Starring
Salvatore Langella
Runtime
17 min
Languages
Italian

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