2015 · drama · thriller
A Bigger Splash
Directed by Luca Guadagnino2h 5m2015
An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
Our read: A Bigger Splash (2015) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
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