2021 · thriller · horror · drama
The Guest Room
Directed by Stefano Lodovichi1h 26m2021
The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her very well, Stella decides to let him in. But when Sandro, the man who broke Stella's heart, joins them at home, this odd situation turns immediately into chaos.
Our read: The Guest Room (2021) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive thriller · horror · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured thriller / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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