2009 · drama · history · romance
The Purple Sea
Directed by Donatella Maiorca1h 45m2009
Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true story, Viola di Mare, presents a uniquely engaging portrait of family, community and gender roles in a 19th century Italian village.
Our read: The Purple Sea (2009) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · history · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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