A young lawyer returns home and discovers that a man has committed suicide jumping through a window of his house. His wife, Maria, says that she let the unknown man enter because he said the lawyer was the only one who could help him. Bernardo start to investigate about the man and about the reasons of his suicide.
Direction
Comencini's claustrophobic framing traps you in Bernardo's paranoia.
Acting
Bentivoglio's unraveling masculinity is quietly devastating.
Editing
Deliberate pacing that weaponizes your impatience.
Director
Cristina Comencini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cristina Comencini is part of a dynasty of Italian filmmakers; her father Luigi Comencini was a major neorealist director.
This was part of a brief 90s wave of Italian psychological thrillers responding to post-Berlusconi moral anxiety.
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