Troubling Love

Troubling Love

1995 · 104 min · IT · 6.5 (23 votes)
Dir. Mario Martone · Starring Anna Bonaiuto, Angela Luce, Gianni Cajafa, Peppe Lanzetta, Licia Maglietta, Anna Calato
DramaMystery

When her elderly mother is found dead under sordid circumstances, Delia returns to her native Naples for the first time in years to attend the funeral. Trying to piece together her estranged mother's secret life, she has to face the hidden memories that shaped their family history.

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A haunting journey through suppressed memories and a mother's hidden life. This film feels like a dusky, rain-slicked Neapolitan street, full of secrets and unspoken truths. It's a slow, atmospheric descent into the past.

melancholicsuspensefulintrospectivenoirslow-burnneo-noirarthouseatmosphericEuropean cinemamemoryfamily secretsfemininityloss
naplesitalyfeministurban settingdeath of motherreconciliationsuppressed memoryneo-noirmysterious messagesreturn to birthplacefemale investigatorsex positive
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