2018 · thriller · drama · mystery
Everybody Knows
Directed by Asghar Farhadi2h 12m2018
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Our read: Everybody Knows (2018) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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