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Senso

1954 · 123 min

A lush, operatic descent into obsessive love and betrayal, gorgeous and suffocating, ending in madness and ruin.

Tagline
A passionate doomed love affair among the corrupt aristocracy
Overview
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • betrayal
  • love
  • class
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
romance, drama, war
Directed by
Luchino Visconti
Written by
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Luchino Visconti
Starring
Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli, Christian Marquand, Sergio Fantoni, Tino Bianchi
Music
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Cinematography
G.R. Aldo, Robert Krasker
Runtime
123 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian, German

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