Passion of Love

Passion of Love

1981 · 117 min · IT · 6.6 (32 votes)
Dir. Ettore Scola · Starring Valeria D'Obici, Bernard Giraudeau, Laura Antonelli, Massimo Girotti, Bernard Blier, Jean-Louis Trintignant · Music Armando Trovajoli
DramaRomance

In 1860s Italy, Giorgio is a young soldier is sent to a remote post, far from his lover, Clara. Lodged with the colonel, he befriends the colonel and the local doctor. Among the inhabitants are a strange young woman, both unattractive and mad; however, she's got a passion that Giorgio will have to cope with.

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A suffocating, operatic descent into obsessive love and psychological torment. This intense period drama feels like a fever dream, exploring the dark side of passion with an intimate, arthouse sensibility.

melancholicintenseobsessivesuffocatingslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseoperaticintimateobsessionloveillnesssacrifice
italyobsessionduelsoldierillness19th centurylovers separated
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