The result is a film whose narrative minimalism may frustrate, but whose core performances and visual majesty convey all that’s left unsaid.
Director Piero Messina’s debut feature is full of striking images, especially of Catholic rituals and darkened, palatial rooms backlit with despair. But the core concept is kind of stupid.
The women get to know each other as they wait for Giuseppe and the film develops into a heavy-handed but stylish exploration of guilty secrets, blind faith and grand illusions.
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