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2021 · crime · drama · thriller

The Girl Who Killed Her Parents

Directed by Maurício Eça1h 25m2021

Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.

Our read: The Girl Who Killed Her Parents (2021) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Heavy, measured, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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  • heavy
  • measured
  • bleak
  • cold
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How The Girl Who Killed Her Parents feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a stark true-crime drama about a shocking real family murder.”

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakensteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencenudity

Skip it tonight — Skip if graphic accounts of real familial violence will haunt you tonight.

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