1982 · drama · grief
The Eyes, the Mouth
Directed by Marco Bellocchio1h 33m1982
A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and pregnant lover.
Our read: The Eyes, the Mouth (1982) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · grief entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / grief, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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