2005 · drama · coming-of-age
Melissa P.
Directed by Luca Guadagnino1h 40m2005
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Our read: Melissa P. (2005) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- cold
- intimate
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“You want raw Italian coming-of-age provocation about teenage desire without filters.”
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