1964 · drama · psychological
Lilith
Directed by Robert Rossen1h 54m1964
Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he meets Lilith Arthur, a charming young woman suffering from schizophrenia, whose fragile beauty captivates all who meet her.
Our read: Lilith (1964) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · psychological entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / psychological, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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