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Call Me Salomè

2005 · 96 min

A slow, moody plunge into tangled desires and power games, where beauty and menace simmer under every encounter.

Tagline
From Oscar Wilde's Masterpeice
Overview
Herod is a Neapolitan boss who runs The Last Emperor, an infamous local, and Herodias is his vicious partner. Salomè is a young, immature and beautiful girl, desired by many men including her stepfather Herod. John is a protester held in captivity by the friends of Herod begins to read the sacred texts until he lost his mind becoming "the prophet". Passion and intrigue between different characters build a network of personal dramas and tragedies.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • power
  • betrayal
  • madness
  • crime
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Claudio Sestieri
Written by
Claudio Sestieri
Starring
Riccardo Cicogna, Carolina Felline, Elio Germano, Gilberto Idonea, Ernesto Mahieux, Caterina Vertova, Manuel Oliverio, Perla Giordano
Music
Luigi Ceccarelli
Cinematography
Marco Onorato
Runtime
96 min

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