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Phobia

2023

A slow, uneasy return home where familiar faces turn strangely blank, leaving you as disoriented and unsettled as the heroine.

Directed by: Antonio Abbate
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Jenny De Nucci, Beatrice Schiaffino, Federica De Benedittis

Overview: Chiara returns to the family farmhouse after many years, together with her friend Michela. An obscure incident had pushed her to leave, but now the old grudges finally seem to have been overcome. During the night Michela disappears. Chiara asks her family for help: "Who is Michela?", they reply. The girl had dinner with them, yet everyone says they have never seen her, Chiara is the only one who remembers her.

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Directed by: Antonio Abbate
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Jenny De Nucci, Beatrice Schiaffino, Federica De Benedittis

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: isolation
memory
identity
family
deception
Places: countryside
single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: mystery, thriller, drama
Directed by: Antonio Abbate
Written by: Michele Stefanile, Giacomo Ferraiuolo
Starring: Jenny De Nucci, Beatrice Schiaffino, Federica De Benedittis, Eugenio Papalia, Federico Tocci, Antonio Catania, Francesca De Martini
Cinematography: Dario Germani
Languages: Italian

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