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One Way or Another

One Way or Another

1976 · 125 min · IT · 7.7 (132 votes)
Dir. Elio Petri · Starring Gian Maria Volonté, Marcello Mastroianni, Mariangela Melato, Ciccio Ingrassia, Franco Citti, Cesare Gelli · Music Ennio Morricone
Drama

Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.

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A suffocating, sun-drenched retreat devolves into psychological torment. This film feels like a fever dream, where repressed desires and religious dogma collide in a chilling, allegorical descent into madness and corruption.

claustrophobicdread-soakedunsettlingaustereslow-burnarthousepolitical allegorygiallo-adjacentatmosphericreligionsinpowercorruptionrepression
suicideconfessionsinreligionsexual repression
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