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The Road to Salina

1970 · 96 min

A sunbaked, dreamlike drift into unease, where desire and deception blur until the quiet turns suffocating.

Directed by
Georges Lautner
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
Her mind was the most erotic and dangerous part of her body.
Overview
Jonas, a young drifter, is wandering in a deserted area on the road to Salina, Mexico. He stops at a desolate roadside service station when Mara, the owner, identifies him as her son Rocky, who disappeared four years ago. Feeling sorry for Mara, he decides to stay on and meets Mara's friend Warren and Rocky's sister Billie, but dark facts are to be revealed about the disappearance of Rocky.

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Directed by
Georges Lautner
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • deception
  • obsession
  • family
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Georges Lautner
Written by
Georges Lautner
Starring
Mimsy Farmer, Robert Walker Jr., Rita Hayworth, Ed Begley, Sophie Hardy, Marc Porel, Bruce Pecheur, Ivano Staccioli
Music
Bernard Gérard
Cinematography
Maurice Fellous
Runtime
96 min
Country
Italy, France
Languages
English, French, Spanish

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