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Ariella

2025 · 106 min

A grim, slow descent into exploitation that weighs heavily, offering little relief and demanding emotional endurance from the viewer.

Directed by: Michael Garsin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Nadia Casula, Oliver Silver, Nina Hatchwell

Tagline: Love works in mysterious ways.
Overview: Follows Ariella, a young woman from São Paulo who is forced into prostitution by her boyfriend using the so-called "Loverboy" approach.

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Directed by: Michael Garsin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Nadia Casula, Oliver Silver, Nina Hatchwell

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: trauma
isolation
betrayal
survival
power
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Michael Garsin
Written by: Michael Garsin
Starring: Nadia Casula, Oliver Silver, Nina Hatchwell, Mace Richards, Paul Besterman, Lorenzo Camporese, Sarah T. Cohen, Linda O'Dwyer
Runtime: 106 min
Country: United Kingdom

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