2022 · drama · history · romance
The Shadow of the Day
Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni2h 5m2022
In 1938 Italy, after Jews are banned from public life, fascist-abiding restaurateur Luciano nonetheless believes he can still live by his own rules. Everything changes when Anna, a girl with a dangerous secret, begins working at his business.
Our read: The Shadow of the Day (2022) 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.
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