Darkness

Oct 20, 2019

1h 38m

★ 4.9

Overview

Three sisters, Stella, Luce and Aria, live in an isolated house, immersed in the shadows, submitted by a violent and authoritarian father, a religious fanatic obsessed with the end of the world, who keeps them prisoners behind locks and closed windows, under the pretext that the Apocalypse has finally arrived.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Courier Film

Redibis Film

Film Commission Torino Piemonte

Darkness Trailers

Cast

Stella

Denise Tantucci

Father

Valerio Binasco

Luce

Gaia Bocci

Aria

Olimpia Tosatto

Mother

Elettra Dallimore-Mallaby

Marco

Francesco Genovese

Younger Stella

Rebecca Caria

Younger Luce

Giulia Falsone

Mall Parking Man

Demetrio Luzzi

Mall Parking Woman

Giuseppina Bosco

Shopping Woman

Stefania Bodiglio

Checkout Girl #1

Anna Filosa

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