2022 · drama · thriller · political
1976
Directed by Manuela Martelli1h 36m2022
Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
Our read: 1976 (2022) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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