Drama Moments is the column dedicated to dramatic films, where we explore movies that tell emotionally intense and deeply engaging stories. We will analyze the complex plots, the outstanding performances of the actors, and the universal themes that make these films so moving. Join us to discover how dramatic films push us to reflect on human experiences and the challenges of life.
Mystic River tells the inner turmoil that follows a traumatic event.
The trauma of childhood abuse forever marks the life of Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins), separating him from childhood friends Sean (Kevin Bacon) and Jimmy (Sean Penn).
Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a wealthy banker in San Francisco, but he is an absolute loner and always spends his birthday alone. On the day of his 48th birthday (the age at which his father committed suicide long ago), his brother Conrad (Sean Penn), who has been away for a long time to recover from some addictions, suddenly returns to Nicholas’s life and gives him a card that grants him access to an unusual entertainment provided by a mysterious company called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Yielding to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS…
“The Woman in the Window” is a 2020 psychological thriller film directed by Joe Wright and based on the novel of the same name by A.J. Finn. The film stars Amy Adams as the protagonist, Anna Fox, a psychiatrist who suffers from agoraphobia and spends most of her time watching the world from the window of her New York home.
What do we think about the death penalty?
Can we arrogate the right to decide when someone should die?
Shutter Island, an excellent work by Martin Scorsese, features a remarkable cast to stage a film that completely overturns the meaning of what we have seen during the performance in its finale.
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Mary Reilly is a 1996 film directed by Stephen Frears, inspired by the eponymous novel by Valerie Martin. The film reinterprets the classic tale of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, offering a unique perspective: that of the maid Mary Reilly, who works for the troubled Dr. Henry Jekyll, unaware of his dual identity as the sinister Mr. Hyde.
That last half hour, where the death row inmate Matthew Poncelet’s hopes for life completely fade, wears us down.
Devil’s Knot is a film that follows step by step a story that made headlines for its numerous inconsistencies.
I was fourteen when I was killed, on December 6, 1973.
In the 1970s, the photos of missing girls in the newspapers all looked a lot like me: white race, mousy brown hair.
This time, Soderbergh delves into the psychological thriller. In the first part of the film, there is a strong sense of witnessing a critique against pharmaceutical companies. A cry for attention to the increasingly invasive presence of medications, especially psychotropic drugs.
