Dark Love ( L'amore buio )

Dark Love (DVD) (*)

~~$23.99~~ $17.97

Original Title: L'amore buio
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Antonio Capuano

Written By:
Antonio Capuano

Actors:
Irene de Angelis ..... Irene
Gabriele Agrio ..... Ciro
Luisa Ranieri ..... Chiara
Fabrizio Gifuni ..... Psicoterapeuta
Valeria Golino ..... Psicologa Carcere
Corso Salani ..... Padre di Irene
Anna Ammirati ..... Analista di Irene
Alfio Alessi ..... Himself
Santa De Santis ..... Mamma di Ciro
Don Luigi Merola ..... Ricky
Alessandro Sansone
Almerica Schiavo
Loredana Simioli
Raffaele Vassallo

Synopsis:

Set in contemporary Naples, Dark Love focuses on the consequences of the brutal rape of a young woman by three teenage boys. Ciro is the only boy who shows remorse (he confesses his role, leading to recriminations from his fellow assailants), and part of the film is devoted to his experiences in an offshore juvenile prison. Simultaneously, the film follows the faltering efforts of the victim, Irene, to put her life back together, continue studying for university, and behave with some semblance of normality with her boyfriend and family. However, Ciro starts writing letters from prison to Irene, who eventually begins to read them. The two stories have a marked difference in tone. Ciro's experiences are unsurprisingly gritty and occasionally violent, while Irene, in a much more meditative depiction, is shown going about everyday life while still disturbed and alienated by what she has been through. The interweaving of the two stories is skillfully handled, the use of Naples as a setting is evocative, and the performances from the young protagonists are little short of astonishing. Director Antonio Capuano has created an understated, challenging and meditative film which avoids either cheap moralising or simplistic resolution.

At the end of a Sunday of sun, sea and frolicking, four boys rape Irene, also an adolescent. The following morning, one of them, Ciro, turns himself and the others in. They are sentenced to two years in prison. These two contrasting worlds will be drawn to one another and even, perhaps, meet and come together.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 08 March, 2011.

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