Story of Sin
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
Heavy, steady, measured drama / romance, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A beautiful Polish girl whose lover has gone to Rome to seek a divorce from his previous wife travels around Europe in search of him and suffers a variety of tragic adventures as the men around her try to fit her into their own selfish schemes.
Our read · Story of Sin (1975) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · romance · erotic entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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The shape of Story of Sin
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