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Ajala, M.

2017

A slow, suffocating descent into a woman's unraveling, heavy with domestic menace and quiet dread.

Directed by
Rita Giordano
Starring
Giulia Gualano, Oreste Capoccia, Bruno de Stephanis
Overview
Matilde is a woman who has already inherent insanity because she can't seem to find meaning in her husband's family anymore, since he doesn't respect her. All of this and the malicious insinuations, being subjected to the violent acts of her father in law, are getting her to fall into a state of great distress and instability.

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Directed by
Rita Giordano
Starring
Giulia Gualano, Oreste Capoccia, Bruno de Stephanis
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • madness
  • trauma
  • power
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Directed by
Rita Giordano
Written by
Beatrice Marazzini
Starring
Giulia Gualano, Oreste Capoccia, Bruno de Stephanis, Ivana Brigliadori
Cinematography
Claude Petrescu
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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