Movie

Giorgino

1994 · 177 min

A slow, brooding descent into a misty, grief-soaked mystery where every encounter feels like a dream half-remembered.

Overview: October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world war began. However, soon the searching becomes a part of hide-and-seek with death. Giorgino finds a village bordered with a treacherous marsh and rumours of wolves. There he also meets the mysterious Catherine....
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, eerie and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, mystery, isolation, madness
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 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
mystery
isolation
madness
death
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild