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Before It Had a Name

2005 · 90 min

A slow, moody drift through grief and strange intimacy, more atmosphere than story, asking patience as it unsettles.

Overview
A young Italian woman inherits from her deceased lover an enigmatic modern house in the New York country side, and goes to see it for the first time. When she arrives she meets the caretaker of the house.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • identity
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • love
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Giada Colagrande
Written by
Willem Dafoe, Giada Colagrande
Starring
Willem Dafoe, Giada Colagrande, Seymour Cassel, Spenser Carrion Leigh, Bari Hyman, Isaach de Bankolé, Emily Cass McDonnell, Claudio Botosso
Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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