2009 · drama
The Man Who Will Come
Directed by Giorgio Diritti1h 55m2009
A group of Italian villagers struggle to survive during a tumultuous time in 1943, debating how much assistance to give the partisans with the impending arrival of the Germans. Based on True Events.
Our read: The Man Who Will Come (2009) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
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