Where the Shadows Fall

Where the Shadows Fall

2017 · 95 min · IT · 6.3 (18 votes)
Dir. Valentina Pedicini · Starring Elena Cotta, Federica Rosellini, Josafat Vagni, Lucrezia Guidone, Alberto Cracco, Danila Di Simio · Music Alessandro Paolini
DramaThriller

Nurse Anna and her assistant Hans work in an old folks’ home that was once the orphanage where they were imprisoned as children, and they still seem trapped in time and space.

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A suffocating atmosphere clings to this film, where the past bleeds into the present. It’s a deeply unsettling character study that feels both intimate and chillingly detached, like a recurring nightmare.

oppressivemelancholicunsettlingclaustrophobicslow-burnarthousepsychological dramaperiod piececharacter studytraumamemoryinstitutionalizationloss of innocence
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