The Spider's Stratagem

The Spider's Stratagem

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Release Date

9/17/1970

Runtime

100 mins

Overview

A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A haunting meditation on inherited lies and the slippery nature of truth, where uncovering the past becomes a slow descent into complicity. The film moves with patient precision through a small town's collective mythology until the ground beneath everything shifts.

Mood

WistfulParanoidContemplativeUnsettling

Themes

IdentityFamilyBetrayalMemoryCorruption

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistPainterly

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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