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The Binding

2020 · 93 min

A slow, shadowy folk-horror stay in an old southern house where dread gathers quietly around a mother and child.

Directed by: Domenico Emanuele de Feudis
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Mía Maestro, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giulia Patrignani

Overview: While visiting her fiancé's mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.

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Directed by: Domenico Emanuele de Feudis
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Mía Maestro, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giulia Patrignani

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: parenthood
faith
isolation
family
survival
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	3
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror, thriller, drama
Directed by: Domenico Emanuele de Feudis
Written by: Domenico Emanuele de Feudis
Starring: Mía Maestro, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giulia Patrignani, Mariella Lo Sardo, Raffaella D'Avella, Federica Rosellini, Sebastiano Filocamo
Music: Massimiliano Mechelli
Cinematography: Luca Santagostino
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

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