2020 · drama · mystery
Houseguests
Directed by Ivano De Matteo1h 28m2020
A sudden tragedy hits a wealthy middle-class family from North-East Italy. Tensions, hidden secrets and small hypocrisies emerge.
Our read: Houseguests (2020) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / mystery, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- cold
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