Don't Tell Movie Review 2005

An inexplicable Oscar nominee, this confusing melodrama concerns a brother and sister and family secrets coming to light. Voiceover actress Sabina (Mezzogiorno) lives in Rome with her actor boyfriend, Franco (Boni). After dubbing a rape scene, Sabina begins having nightmares about a scared child and decides to visit her brother, Daniele (Lo Cascio), who lives in Virginia. She pressures him to tell what he knows. Side stories involving Franco's work on a soap opera and a couple of Sabrina's friends finding (and losing) romance dissipate the tension. Attractive cast. Italian with subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on DVD
Running time 120 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Child Abuse

Screenplay

Francesca Marciano, Giulia Calenda

Cast

Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Alessio Boni, Luigi Lo Cascio

Cinematography

Fabio Cianchetti

Director

Cristina Comencini

Music

Franco Piersanti

Other

Bruno Pupparo, Cecilia Zanuso, Antonella Berardi, Paola Comencini

Producer

Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, RAI Cinema, Cattleya (Italy), Beast in the Heart Films (U.K.), Alquimia Cinema (Spain), Babe, A 01 Distribution