Don't Tell

Don't Tell

2005 · 116 min · IT · 6.1 (75 votes)
Dir. Cristina Comencini · Starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Battiston, Luigi Lo Cascio · Music Franco Piersanti
Drama

Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe middle-class family. But a big secret is hidden within her heart. Sabina wants to contact again her brother, a University teacher in the US, to try to understand what is happened in their past. What is the secret? She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life. She finally manages to free herself from her "beast in the heart".

VIBE

A deeply personal journey into repressed memories. This film feels like sifting through dusty photographs, uncovering unsettling truths that linger long after the credits roll. It's a quiet, internal struggle for clarity.

introspectivemelancholictenseunsettlingslow-burncharacter-driven dramapsychologicalmemorytraumaidentityfamily secrets
woman directorlesbian
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