1998 · romance · drama
Gia
Directed by Michael Cristofer2h 0m1998
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
Our read: Gia (1998) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive romance · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured romance / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- tender
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