
Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn. As Sonia's murky past resurfaces, her reality starts to crumble. Everything in her life begins to change - - questi... (Full plot summary below)
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Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn. As Sonia's murky past resurfaces, her reality starts to crumble. Everything in her life begins to change - - questions arise and answers only arrive through a continuous twist and turn of events keeping viewers on edge until the film's final moments. THE DOUBLE HOUR, winner of Best Actress at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival, is directed by Giuseppe Capotondi.
Leave your thoughts about The Double Hour.
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaA beautiful, head-spinning mystery that requires keen attention - and rewards it with a tricky and poetic payoff - The Double Hour is a topflight Euro thriller right up there with "Tell No One." |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsI've seen the fabulously acted Italian thriller The Double Hour twice now, and for all its intricate manipulations, it stays with me for a very simple reason: The love story at its bittersweet heart is played for keeps. |
| MUBIFernando F. CroceAs directed by Giuseppe Capotondi with little more than a chilled eye for sleek surfaces, the rug-pulling games make for mental chewing gum that quickly loses its flavor. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzSuffers from being too clever for its own good and too manipulative. |
| Chicago ReaderBen SachsAs the heroine, Rappoport creates an exquisite, multifaceted character from the old film noir archetype of a woman in flight; in this case she's fleeing not only danger but herself. |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonSteamy Italian giallo in the finest tradition of film noir. Twists, turns and tension to the end. |
| Filmcritic.comChris Cabinan erotic, playful, but far less assured variation on the heady experiential labyrinth that Adrian Lyne sent Tim Robbins through in his excellent 1990 meta-thriller Jacob's Ladder. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertCapotondi's nerve-shredding puzzler will delight fans of Hitchcock and Polanski. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasEvery 10 minutes, writer-director Giuseppe Capotondi reshuffles his narrative deck of cards and deals the audience a completely new hand. Just when you think you're ahead of the game, you've been played for a sucker. |
| Entertainment SpectrumKeith CohenDon't let anyone spill the beans and tell you too much before you get a chance to sit through all the twists and turns in this mind-blowing experience. |