2013 · thriller · drama
Compulsion
Directed by Egidio Coccimiglio1h 28m2013
A strange and destructive relationship develops between a chef and her neighbor, a former child actress.
Our read: Compulsion (2013) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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